Forecast Details for Phoenix, OR

Recent Locations: Brookings, SD Round Top, NY Phoenix, OR

Overnight: A 30 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 42. Light east southeast wind.

Wednesday: Rain, mainly before 5pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Snow level 5400 feet lowering to 4300 feet in the afternoon . High near 55. Light and variable wind becoming south 13 to 18 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Rain, possibly mixed with snow, mainly before 2am. Some thunder is also possible. Snow level 3500 feet lowering to 2300 feet after midnight . Low around 34. West southwest wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday: Rain, possibly mixed with snow, becoming all rain after 8am. Snow level 2300 feet rising to 3700 feet in the afternoon. High near 52. West southwest wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 66.

Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 37.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 74.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 78.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 69.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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