Forecast Details for Mammoth Lakes, CA

Recent Locations: Apollo Beach, FL Rush, CO Mammoth Lakes, CA

Current Alerts for Mammoth Lakes, CA: Flood Watch

Today: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 2pm and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. West wind around 5 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Snow level 12200 feet lowering to 11000 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 45. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 11am. Snow level 11000 feet rising to 12200 feet in the afternoon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 68. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. West wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 72.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 73.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50.

Labor Day: Sunny, with a high near 71.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 71.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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