Forecast Details for Tuckasegee, NC

Recent Locations: Tuckasegee, NC

This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 78. South wind 6 to 8 mph.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 5am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 57. Southeast wind 6 to 10 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10am and noon, then showers and thunderstorms likely after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Light south wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 80. North northwest wind 3 to 7 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 82.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79.

Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59.

Saturday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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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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