Forecast Details for Cordova, AK

Recent Locations: Burlingame, CA Matthews, NC Cordova, AK

Overnight: Showers. Low around 51. Southeast wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Friday: Showers. High near 54. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Showers. Low around 49. East wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday: Showers. High near 53. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 47. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: A chance of showers before 7am, then a chance of showers after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers before 7pm, then a chance of rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: Rain, mainly after 10am. Cloudy, with a high near 55.

Monday Night: Rain. Cloudy, with a low around 48.

Tuesday: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 54.

Tuesday Night: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 46.

Wednesday: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 53.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 53.

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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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