Forecast Details for Fairview, OR

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Today: Rain, mainly before 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. High near 53. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 10 to 17 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then rain likely. Snow level 2900 feet lowering to 2000 feet after midnight . Low around 40. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Rain. Snow level 2000 feet rising to 3100 feet in the afternoon. High near 55. West southwest wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 62. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 40.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 70.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 72.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Tuesday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 63.

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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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