Forecast Details for Bakersfield, CA

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Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 41. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 61. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.

Saturday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. East wind around 5 mph.

Sunday: A 10 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. South wind around 5 mph.

Sunday Night: Rain likely, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Washington's Birthday: Rain. High near 55. East southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Monday Night: Rain. Low around 43. Southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tuesday: Rain. High near 55. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming east northeast after midnight. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. North wind around 5 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. East wind around 5 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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