Forecast Details for Rutherford, CA

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Overnight: Areas of fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Light west northwest wind.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. West northwest wind 3 to 7 mph.

Monday Night: A 10 percent chance of rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Calm wind.

Tuesday: Rain likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. High near 58. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then rain likely after 10pm. Patchy fog. Low around 45. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Rain likely, mainly before 4pm. Areas of fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 10pm. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Thursday: A slight chance of rain before 10am. Areas of fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 62.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.

Friday Night: A slight chance of rain. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Saturday: A chance of rain. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 57.

Saturday Night: Rain likely. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Sunday: Rain likely. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 56.

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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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