Forecast Details for La Center, WA

Recent Locations: La Center, WA

Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. West northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Rain likely, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: Rain. High near 72. South wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Rain. Low around 63. South wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: Rain likely, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58.

Sunday: A slight chance of rain before 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 77.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 81.

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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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