Forecast Details for Glade Spring, VA

Recent Locations: Glade Spring, VA

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the evening.

Sunday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 64. Breezy, with an east wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Sunday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday: Rain showers before 5pm, then rain and snow showers likely. High near 58. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Monday Night: Snow showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 32. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 15. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.

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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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