Forecast Details for Kettleman City, CA

Recent Locations: Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, AZ Frazier Park, CA Kettleman City, CA

Today: Sunny, with a high near 99. North wind around 5 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 66. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 95. East wind around 5 mph becoming north in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 67. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 97. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming north northeast in the morning.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 70. West northwest wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 102. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming north northeast in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 72. North wind around 5 mph becoming west in the evening.

Thursday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 103. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming north in the morning.

Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 72. West northwest wind around 5 mph.

Friday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 103. West wind around 5 mph becoming east in the morning.

Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 71. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Saturday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 100. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming south southeast in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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