Forecast Details for Cartersville, VA

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Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. West wind around 6 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Light and variable wind.

Saturday Night: Rain likely after 1am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 35. Light east wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Sunday: Rain, possibly mixed with snow before 10am, then rain between 10am and 4pm, then rain and snow after 4pm. High near 41. Northeast wind 5 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Sunday Night: Snow, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 10pm. Low around 30. Northwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Monday: A slight chance of snow, mixing with rain after 10am, then gradually ending. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 22.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 54.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday: A chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. 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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