Forecast Details for Granite Quarry, NC

Recent Locations: Delmar, DE Folcroft, PA Granite Quarry, NC

Today: Showers, mainly before 2pm. Patchy fog before 4pm. High near 60. South wind 7 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Tonight: A chance of showers between 7pm and 10pm. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Light northeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of rain before 9am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 55. East northeast wind 3 to 5 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. Calm wind.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 67. Calm wind.

Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 43.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

Sunday Night: Cloudy, with a low around 40.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of rain after 7am. Cloudy, with a high near 50.

Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 31.

Tuesday: A chance of rain or freezing rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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