Forecast Details for Tehachapi, CA

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Overnight: Mostly clear, with a steady temperature around 35. Wind chill values as low as 28. West northwest wind around 5 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 54. Wind chill values as low as 27 early. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. South wind 5 to 15 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 53. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: Rain likely, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Washington's Birthday: Rain. High near 44. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 15 to 20 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Monday Night: Rain before 1am, then rain and snow. Snow level 5400 feet lowering to 4700 feet after midnight . Low around 32. Southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tuesday: Rain and snow, becoming all rain after 10am. Snow level 4700 feet. High near 42. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: Rain and snow. Low around 31. West southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. West wind 10 to 15 mph.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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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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