Forecast Details for Stockton, CA

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Current Alerts for Stockton, CA: Dense Fog Advisory

Tonight: Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 43. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: Widespread dense fog, mainly before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Light west northwest wind.

Friday Night: Patchy fog after 9pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Calm wind.

Saturday: Cloudy, with a high near 60. South southeast wind 3 to 6 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Light and variable wind becoming east southeast around 5 mph after midnight.

Sunday: A 50 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 60.

Sunday Night: Rain. Low around 50. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Washington's Birthday: Rain before 4pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 53.

Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then rain after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.

Tuesday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52.

Wednesday Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 52.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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