Forecast Details for Red Springs, NC

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Current Alerts for Red Springs, NC: Special Weather Statement

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 54. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 88. West wind 5 to 8 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Southwest wind 5 to 7 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 89. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. Southwest wind around 7 mph.

Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers before 8pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8pm and 2am, then showers likely after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

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

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

Monday Night: A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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