Forecast Details for Norton, WV

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Tonight: A 50 percent chance of rain, mainly before 8pm. Areas of fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 58. Calm wind becoming south 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: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then rain between 10pm and 1am, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 48. South wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: A 50 percent chance of rain before 1pm. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 61. West wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. West wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.

Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Sunday: Snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Snow likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday: A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34.

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

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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