Forecast Details for Salem, OR

Recent Locations: Salinas, CA Bridgeport, CT Salem, OR

Tonight: Showers likely, mainly between 10pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 53. South wind 3 to 7 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Calm wind.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 52. Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph in the morning.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 52.

Wednesday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 34.

Thursday: A slight chance of rain after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 52.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain, mainly after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Friday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50.

Friday Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Saturday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47.

Saturday Night: Rain likely. Snow level 2400 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Sunday: A chance of rain. Snow level 2000 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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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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