Forecast Details for Tacoma, WA

Recent Locations: Fremont, CA Sunnyvale, CA Tacoma, WA

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. Calm wind.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Light and variable wind.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 44. Light south southwest wind.

Saturday: Rain, mainly after 10am. High near 53. South wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Rain. Low around 48. South wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday: Rain. High near 52. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Rain, mainly before 10pm. Low around 42. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday: Rain likely, mainly after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50.

Monday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Tuesday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 50.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49.

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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.

Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds