Forecast Details for Creston, NC

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This Afternoon: Partly sunny, with a high near 38. West wind around 7 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. West wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night: Rain likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. West wind 3 to 7 mph. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday: Rain. High near 52. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 53.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 59.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Monday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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