Forecast Details for Raleigh, NC

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Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. Calm wind.

Friday: A chance of rain, mainly after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 46. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: A chance of rain, mainly before 8pm. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 27. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 35. Wind chill values as low as 15. Breezy, with a northwest wind 13 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 18. Northwest wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 56.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62.

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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.

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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.

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