Forecast Details for Independence, OR

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Overnight: A chance of rain and snow showers, mainly after 5am. Snow level 600 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday: Rain and snow showers, becoming all rain after 2pm. Snow level 500 feet rising to 1500 feet in the afternoon. High near 43. South wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Rain and snow showers, mainly before 1am. Snow level 600 feet. Low around 33. South southeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain showers. Snow level 300 feet rising to 900 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain showers before 10pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Snow level 1100 feet lowering to 400 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 1pm, then a chance of rain showers. Snow level 200 feet rising to 1500 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: A chance of rain showers before 1am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Snow level 1500 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday: Rain likely, possibly mixed with snow, becoming all rain after 10am. Snow level 1500 feet rising to 3000 feet in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48.

Saturday Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Sunday: Rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52.

Sunday Night: Rain. Cloudy, with a low around 39.

Monday: Rain. Cloudy, with a high near 51.

Monday Night: Rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Tuesday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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