Forecast Details for Zirconia, NC

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Today: A 20 percent chance of showers before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: A slight chance of rain before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and 4am. Patchy fog before 2am, then patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 36. Light and variable wind becoming north northwest 9 to 14 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday: A slight chance of rain between 10am and 11am. Sunny, with a high near 41. Breezy, with a northwest wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. Blustery, with a northwest wind 20 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 33. Breezy, with a northwest wind 17 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 20.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 55.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.

Thursday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are smaller than raindrops.

Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle, a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface. Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can potentially result in hazardous road conditions.

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