Forecast Details for Esmont, VA

Recent Locations: Slater, IA Esmont, VA

Tonight: Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Calm wind.

Friday: Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Light and variable wind.

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

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 65. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. Light southwest wind.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Monday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Monday Night: A chance of snow and freezing rain before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: A chance of rain or freezing rain before 1pm, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 34. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Thursday: Cloudy, with a high near 61.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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