Forecast Details for Bealeton, VA

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Today: Snow likely before 4pm, then snow likely, possibly mixed with rain. Cloudy, with a high near 38. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight: Rain and freezing rain, possibly mixed with snow and sleet before 4am, then rain or freezing rain. Patchy fog between 9pm and 11pm. Low around 31. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday: Rain or freezing rain likely before 10am, then a chance of rain. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 48. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no ice accumulation expected.

Tuesday Night: Rain likely, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 45. Southwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. Light southwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55.

Friday: A chance of rain after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53.

Saturday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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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 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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