Weather Alerts for Virginia

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1. Cold Weather Advisory for: Fluvanna; Cumberland; Goochland; Caroline; Nottoway; Amelia; Powhatan; Dinwiddie; Prince George; Charles City; New Kent; Western Louisa; Eastern Louisa; Western Hanover; Eastern Hanover; Western Chesterfield; Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights); Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond); Eastern Henrico; Western King William; Eastern King William

2. Cold Weather Advisory for: Greensville; Sussex

3. Cold Weather Advisory for: Nelson; Albemarle; Greene; Madison; Rappahannock; Orange; Culpeper; Stafford; Spotsylvania; King George; Southern Fauquier

4. Cold Weather Advisory for: Norfolk/Portsmouth; Virginia Beach

5. Cold Weather Advisory for: Russell; Washington

6. Cold Weather Advisory for: Tazewell; Smyth; Bland; Giles; Wythe; Pulaski; Montgomery; Patrick; Franklin; Bedford; Amherst; Mercer; Summers; Monroe

7. Cold Weather Advisory for: Westmoreland; Richmond; Northumberland; Lancaster; Middlesex; Western King and Queen; Eastern King and Queen; Western Essex; Eastern Essex

8. Extreme Cold Warning for: Accomack; Northampton

9. Extreme Cold Warning for: Bath

10. Extreme Cold Warning for: Eastern Highland; Eastern Pendleton

11. Extreme Cold Watch for: Norfolk/Portsmouth; Virginia Beach

12. High Wind Warning for: Accomack; Northampton

13. High Wind Warning for: Bath

14. High Wind Warning for: Eastern Highland; Eastern Pendleton

15. High Wind Warning for: Norfolk/Portsmouth; Virginia Beach

16. Wind Advisory for: Fluvanna; Cumberland; Goochland; Caroline; Nottoway; Amelia; Powhatan; Dinwiddie; Prince George; Charles City; New Kent; Western Louisa; Eastern Louisa; Western Hanover; Eastern Hanover; Western Chesterfield; Eastern Chesterfield (Including Col. Heights); Western Henrico (Including the City of Richmond); Eastern Henrico; Western King William; Eastern King William

17. Wind Advisory for: Greensville; Sussex

18. Wind Advisory for: Nelson; Albemarle; Greene; Madison; Rappahannock; Orange; Culpeper; Stafford; Spotsylvania; King George; Southern Fauquier

19. Wind Advisory for: Prince Edward; Mecklenburg; Lunenburg; Brunswick

20. Wind Advisory for: Tazewell; Smyth; Bland; Giles; Wythe; Pulaski; Montgomery; Patrick; Franklin; Bedford; Amherst; Mercer; Summers; Monroe

21. Wind Advisory for: Westmoreland; Richmond; Northumberland; Lancaster; Middlesex; Western King and Queen; Eastern King and Queen; Western Essex; Eastern Essex

22. Winter Weather Advisory for: Dickenson; Buchanan; Wayne; Cabell; Mason; Jackson; Wood; Pleasants; Tyler; Lincoln; Putnam; Kanawha; Roane; Wirt; Calhoun; Ritchie; Doddridge; Mingo; Logan; Boone; Clay; Braxton; Gilmer; Lewis; Harrison; Taylor; McDowell; Wyoming; Southeast Pocahontas

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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