Forecast Details for Newport News, VA

Recent Locations: Newport News, VA  
Overnight: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. Light and variable wind becoming north 5 to 9 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Sunday: A chance of rain, mainly after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Northeast wind 8 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Sunday Night: A chance of rain before 2am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 47. East wind around 7 mph becoming west in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 63.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 66.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 64.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 65.

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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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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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