Forecast Details for University Place, WA

Recent Locations: Menomonee Falls, WI Moose Lake, MN University Place, WA

Today: A chance of rain and snow showers before 10am, then rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tonight: A chance of rain and snow showers, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 42. North northeast wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. North northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: A chance of snow between 10am and 1pm, then a chance of rain after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 44. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: A chance of rain before 10pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday: A chance of rain and snow before 10am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain before 10pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Sunday: Rain, mainly after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52.

Sunday Night: Rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Monday: Rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50.

Monday Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Tuesday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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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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