Forecast Details for Glen Alpine, NC

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Tonight: A 20 percent chance of drizzle with a slight chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 36. Light northeast wind.
Friday: A chance of drizzle with a slight chance of rain before noon, then a chance of rain after noon. Patchy fog after 4pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 41. Northeast wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Friday Night: Showers. Patchy fog. Low around 38. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday: Showers. High near 55. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Saturday Night: Showers. Low around 49. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Sunday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 65. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Sunday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.
Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers after 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 56.
Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.
New Year's Day: Sunny, with a high near 53.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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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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