Forecast Details for Atkins, VA

Recent Locations: Atkins, VA  
Tonight: A chance of showers, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Northwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 61. West wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light after midnight.
Sunday: A slight chance of light rain after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. West wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 32. Northwest wind 3 to 7 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 60.
Monday Night: Clear, with a low around 35.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 67.
Tuesday Night: A chance of showers after 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday: A chance of showers before 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 65.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

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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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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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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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