Forecast Details for Chester Gap, VA

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Tonight: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 11pm, then isolated showers. Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 75. Southeast wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers between 8pm and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Southeast wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A slight chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Southwest wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Saturday: A chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers before 8pm, then a chance of showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday: Showers, mainly after 8am. High near 65. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 56.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 51.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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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 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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