Forecast Details for Floriston, CA

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Current Alerts for Floriston, CA: Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: Snow showers likely, mainly before 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Breezy, with a southwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of snow showers before 8am. Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 47. West wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 23. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 58. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 71.

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

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Snow level 8600 feet lowering to 7600 feet after midnight . Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Wednesday: A chance of showers. Snow level 7300 feet rising to 7800 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 61.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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