Forecast Details for Athens, WV

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Overnight: A slight chance of drizzle. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. East wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers or drizzle before 4pm, then a slight chance of showers after 5pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers, mainly between 7pm and 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Southeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: A chance of showers, mainly before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Southeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of showers before 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58.

Tuesday: A chance of showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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