Forecast Details for Orlean, VA

Recent Locations: Moncks Corner, SC Orlean, VA Tchula, MS

Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. Calm wind.

Thursday: Rain, mainly after noon. Patchy fog between 11am and noon. High near 51. Calm wind becoming east around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain. Low around 41. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday: Rain likely before 1pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain after 1am, mixing with snow after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: Rain and snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: A chance of snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 39.

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

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 40.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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