Forecast Details for Tacoma, WA

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Current Alerts for Tacoma, WA: Frost Advisory Winter Storm Warning

Tonight: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then a chance of showers between 10pm and 11pm. Areas of frost after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 36. West southwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Patchy frost before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 54. Southwest wind 3 to 7 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. South southwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Light and variable wind.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. Light north northeast wind.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.

Sunday: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 66.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50.

Tuesday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 61.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58.

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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.

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