Forecast Details for Orofino, ID

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Current Alerts for Orofino, ID: Air Quality Alert

Overnight: Areas of smoke. Mostly clear, with a low around 61. East wind around 5 mph becoming west northwest.

Saturday: Areas of smoke. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 96. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain after midnight. Areas of smoke. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. West wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Sunday: A chance of rain, mainly between noon and 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Patchy smoke before 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Light and variable wind becoming west northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. West northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a chance of rain after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a chance of rain after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56.

Wednesday: Rain likely, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56.

Friday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 80.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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