Forecast Details for Oak Ridge, NC

Recent Locations: Oak Ridge, NC  
Today: Cloudy early, then gradual clearing, with a high near 60. North wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 37. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 68. West wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. West wind 7 to 9 mph.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Southwest wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 52.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 79.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61.
Tuesday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Wednesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation Next Topic: Rain

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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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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