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Current Alerts for Raleigh, NC: Wind Advisory

1. Coastal Flood Advisory for: Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island

2. Cold Weather Advisory for: Ashe; Alleghany; Watauga; Grayson; Carroll; Floyd; Craig; Alleghany; Roanoke; Botetourt; Rockbridge

3. Cold Weather Advisory for: Avery

4. Cold Weather Advisory for: Madison; Swain; Haywood; Northern Jackson

5. Cold Weather Advisory for: Martin

6. Cold Weather Advisory for: Northampton; Hertford; Gates; Pasquotank; Camden; Western Currituck; Bertie; Chowan; Perquimans; Eastern Currituck; Gloucester; Mathews; Surry; James City; Southampton; Isle of Wight; Suffolk; Chesapeake; York; Newport News; Hampton/Poquoson

7. Cold Weather Advisory for: Northern Outer Banks

8. Cold Weather Advisory for: Washington; Tyrrell; Mainland Dare; Mainland Hyde

9. Cold Weather Advisory for: Yancey; Mitchell

10. Extreme Cold Watch for: Beaufort

11. Extreme Cold Watch for: East Carteret; Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island

12. Extreme Cold Watch for: Martin

13. Extreme Cold Watch for: Northampton; Hertford; Gates; Pasquotank; Camden; Western Currituck; Bertie; Chowan; Perquimans; Eastern Currituck; Gloucester; Mathews; Surry; James City; Southampton; Isle of Wight; Suffolk; Chesapeake; York; Newport News; Hampton/Poquoson

14. Extreme Cold Watch for: Northern Outer Banks

15. Extreme Cold Watch for: Pitt; Greene; Duplin; Lenoir; Jones; Pamlico; Northern Craven; Southern Craven; West Carteret; Inland Onslow; Coastal Onslow

16. Extreme Cold Watch for: Washington; Tyrrell; Mainland Dare; Mainland Hyde

17. High Wind Warning for: Ashe; Alleghany; Watauga; Grayson; Carroll; Floyd; Craig; Alleghany; Roanoke; Botetourt; Rockbridge

18. High Wind Warning for: Avery

19. High Wind Warning for: Buncombe; Southern Jackson; Transylvania; Henderson; Caldwell Mountains; Burke Mountains; McDowell Mountains; Rutherford Mountains; Polk Mountains

20. High Wind Warning for: Yancey; Mitchell

21. Special Weather Statement for: Swain; Haywood; Graham

22. Wind Advisory for: Alexander; Macon; Greater Caldwell; Greater Burke; Eastern McDowell; Greater Rutherford; Eastern Polk; Greenville Mountains

23. Wind Advisory for: East Carteret; Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island

24. Wind Advisory for: Graham

25. Wind Advisory for: Madison; Swain; Haywood; Northern Jackson

26. Wind Advisory for: Northampton; Hertford; Gates; Pasquotank; Camden; Western Currituck; Bertie; Chowan; Perquimans; Eastern Currituck; Gloucester; Mathews; Surry; James City; Southampton; Isle of Wight; Suffolk; Chesapeake; York; Newport News; Hampton/Poquoson

27. Wind Advisory for: Northern Outer Banks

28. Wind Advisory for: Person; Granville; Vance; Warren; Halifax; Forsyth; Guilford; Alamance; Orange; Durham; Franklin; Nash; Edgecombe; Davidson; Randolph; Chatham; Wake; Johnston; Wilson; Stanly; Montgomery; Moore; Lee; Harnett

29. Wind Advisory for: Surry; Stokes; Rockingham; Caswell; Wilkes; Yadkin; Henry; Pittsylvania; Campbell; Appomattox; Buckingham; Halifax; Charlotte

30. Winter Weather Advisory for: Ashe; Watauga; Tazewell; Smyth; Bland; Giles; Grayson; Craig; Alleghany; Bath; Mercer; Summers; Monroe; Eastern Greenbrier

31. Winter Weather Advisory for: Avery; Madison; Yancey; Mitchell

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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