Forecast Details for Swanlake, ID

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Today: Rain, mainly before 4pm. Snow level 7200 feet lowering to 6400 feet in the afternoon . High near 46. Breezy, with a west wind 16 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Tonight: Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Breezy, with a west wind 16 to 26 mph becoming east southeast 6 to 11 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 47. South wind 6 to 13 mph becoming west southwest in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night: Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 27. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: Patchy fog between 9am and 11am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 51. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of rain after 11am. Snow level 6500 feet rising to 7200 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 52.

Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain. Snow level 7800 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Sunday: Rain likely, mainly after 11am. Snow level 7200 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Snow level 7100 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of rain. Snow level 6400 feet rising to 6900 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 53.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain. Snow level 7000 feet lowering to 6200 feet after midnight . Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 57.

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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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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