Forecast Details for Bonanza, OR

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Current Alerts for Bonanza, OR: Special Weather Statement

Tonight: Widespread haze between midnight and 4am. Patchy smoke after 4am. Mostly clear, with a low around 43. South southwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Sunday: Widespread haze between 9am and 10am. Patchy smoke before 9am. Increasing clouds, with a high near 76. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Monday: A slight chance of showers between 11am and 5pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Light and variable wind becoming south southwest 8 to 13 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. West southwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming light west in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 67.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Thursday: A slight chance of showers after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 73.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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