Weather Alerts for North Carolina

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1. Coastal Flood Advisory for: Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island

2. Cold Weather Advisory for: Ashe; Alleghany; Watauga; Grayson; Carroll; Floyd; Craig; Alleghany; Roanoke; Botetourt; Rockbridge

3. Cold Weather Advisory for: Avery

4. Cold Weather Advisory for: Madison; Swain; Haywood; Northern Jackson

5. Cold Weather Advisory for: Martin

6. Cold Weather Advisory for: Northampton; Hertford; Gates; Pasquotank; Camden; Western Currituck; Bertie; Chowan; Perquimans; Eastern Currituck; Gloucester; Mathews; Surry; James City; Southampton; Isle of Wight; Suffolk; Chesapeake; York; Newport News; Hampton/Poquoson

7. Cold Weather Advisory for: Northern Outer Banks

8. Cold Weather Advisory for: Washington; Tyrrell; Mainland Dare; Mainland Hyde

9. Cold Weather Advisory for: Yancey; Mitchell

10. Extreme Cold Watch for: Beaufort

11. Extreme Cold Watch for: East Carteret; Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island

12. Extreme Cold Watch for: Martin

13. Extreme Cold Watch for: Northampton; Hertford; Gates; Pasquotank; Camden; Western Currituck; Bertie; Chowan; Perquimans; Eastern Currituck; Gloucester; Mathews; Surry; James City; Southampton; Isle of Wight; Suffolk; Chesapeake; York; Newport News; Hampton/Poquoson

14. Extreme Cold Watch for: Northern Outer Banks

15. Extreme Cold Watch for: Pitt; Greene; Duplin; Lenoir; Jones; Pamlico; Northern Craven; Southern Craven; West Carteret; Inland Onslow; Coastal Onslow

16. Extreme Cold Watch for: Washington; Tyrrell; Mainland Dare; Mainland Hyde

17. High Wind Warning for: Ashe; Alleghany; Watauga; Grayson; Carroll; Floyd; Craig; Alleghany; Roanoke; Botetourt; Rockbridge

18. High Wind Warning for: Avery

19. High Wind Warning for: Buncombe; Southern Jackson; Transylvania; Henderson; Caldwell Mountains; Burke Mountains; McDowell Mountains; Rutherford Mountains; Polk Mountains

20. High Wind Warning for: Yancey; Mitchell

21. Special Weather Statement for: Swain; Haywood; Graham

22. Wind Advisory for: East Carteret; Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island

23. Wind Advisory for: Graham

24. Wind Advisory for: Madison; Swain; Haywood; Northern Jackson

25. Wind Advisory for: Northampton; Hertford; Gates; Pasquotank; Camden; Western Currituck; Bertie; Chowan; Perquimans; Eastern Currituck; Gloucester; Mathews; Surry; James City; Southampton; Isle of Wight; Suffolk; Chesapeake; York; Newport News; Hampton/Poquoson

26. Wind Advisory for: Northern Outer Banks

27. Wind Advisory for: Person; Granville; Vance; Warren; Halifax; Forsyth; Guilford; Alamance; Orange; Durham; Franklin; Nash; Edgecombe; Davidson; Randolph; Chatham; Wake; Johnston; Wilson; Stanly; Montgomery; Moore; Lee; Harnett

28. Wind Advisory for: Surry; Stokes; Rockingham; Caswell; Wilkes; Yadkin; Henry; Pittsylvania; Campbell; Appomattox; Buckingham; Halifax; Charlotte

29. Winter Weather Advisory for: Ashe; Watauga; Tazewell; Smyth; Bland; Giles; Grayson; Craig; Alleghany; Bath; Mercer; Summers; Monroe; Eastern Greenbrier

30. Winter Weather Advisory for: Avery; Madison; Yancey; Mitchell

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation Next Topic: Rain

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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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