Forecast Details for Cobalt, ID

Recent Locations: Gresham, WI Tipton, IN Cobalt, ID

Today: A chance of rain, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Patchy smoke between 10am and 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. Light and variable wind becoming east southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of rain after midnight. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 47. West southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A chance of rain, mainly between noon and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a chance of rain after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. South southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday: Rain likely, mainly between noon and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. South wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a chance of rain, mainly between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday: A slight chance of rain, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A chance of rain, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Saturday: A slight chance of rain, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 65.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of rain before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.

Sunday: A chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.

Monday: A chance of rain and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 65.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

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 Next Topic: Snow

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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