Forecast Details for Zirconia, NC

Recent Locations: Providence, KY Lordsburg, NM Zirconia, NC

Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 18 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 33. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 20. Northwest wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Southwest wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 57.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44.

Thursday: Rain, mainly after 10am. High near 56. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Thursday Night: Rain, mainly before 1am. Low around 42. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of rain before 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 58.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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