Forecast Details for Viola, ID

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Today: A chance of snow before 11am, then rain and snow likely between 11am and 2pm, then rain likely after 2pm. Snow level rising to 3500 feet in the afternoon. Cloudy, with a high near 43. Breezy, with a southwest wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of rain before 11pm. Snow level 3800 feet lowering to 2700 feet after midnight . Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 33. West wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 60. East wind around 6 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 66.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 66.

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

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain. Snow level 6000 feet lowering to 4600 feet after midnight . Partly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Snow level 4200 feet. Mostly sunny, with a high near 55.

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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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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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