Forecast Details for Norfolk, VA

Recent Locations: El Paso, TX Lincoln, NE Norfolk, VA

Current Alerts for Norfolk, VA: Cold Weather Advisory Extreme Cold Watch
High Wind Warning

Tonight: A chance of rain and snow before 1am, then a slight chance of snow showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 32. Light and variable wind becoming northwest 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 29. Windy, with a northwest wind 23 to 31 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 15. Blustery, with a northwest wind 18 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 44 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 31. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 19. Northwest wind around 6 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 38.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 52.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Friday: A chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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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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