Forecast Details for Norton, WV

Recent Locations: Apple Springs, TX Sunbright, TN Norton, WV

Today: Showers, mainly between 1pm and 3pm. High near 56. Southwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Areas of fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Thursday: A chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 59. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 48. Southeast wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: Showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. West wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday Night: A slight chance of rain before 1am, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 1am and 4am, then a slight chance of rain after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain before 1am, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Sunday: Snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Snow likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 28.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 29.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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