Forecast Details for Richmond, VA

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Current Alerts for Richmond, VA: Cold Weather Advisory Wind Advisory

Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 18. Calm wind.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow, mainly after 3pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 40. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Snow likely, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 7pm, then gradually ending. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 19. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 8 to 13 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 27. Windy, with a northwest wind 23 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 47 mph.

Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 10. Northwest wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 29.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 16.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 39.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?

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Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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