Forecast Details for Raleigh, NC

Recent Locations: Raleigh, NC  
Overnight: Clear, with a low around 26. North wind around 6 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 40. Wind chill values as low as 22. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph.
Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 20. Light east wind.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 42. Wind chill values as low as 22. Light northeast wind.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Calm wind.
Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 54.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34.
Christmas Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 51.
Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.
Friday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Saturday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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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

Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

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.

Next Topic: Precipitation