Forecast Details for Council, ID

Recent Locations: Denton, NE Dunstable, MA Council, ID

Today: Patchy smoke before 5pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 98. North northeast wind 5 to 8 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

Tonight: Patchy smoke before 1am, then patchy smoke after 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. West southwest wind around 7 mph becoming northeast in the evening.

Monday: Patchy smoke. Mostly cloudy and hot, with a high near 94. North wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west southwest in the morning.

Monday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. North wind around 6 mph becoming east northeast in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. Partly sunny and hot, with a high near 91. East northeast wind around 6 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.

Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 84.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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