Forecast Details for Richmond, VA

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

Today: 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%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight: 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. Wind chill values as low as -1. Northwest wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 29. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph.

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 Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds

Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes (between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes water vapor to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.

In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.

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