Forecast Details for Charlotte, NC

Recent Locations: Charlotte, NC  
Today: Sunny, with a high near 72. West wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 46. Southwest wind around 6 mph.
Saturday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 75. Southwest wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 55. Southwest wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 81. Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62.
Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 83.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65.
Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81.
Tuesday Night: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 64.

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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.

Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds