Weather Alerts for North Carolina

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Current Alerts for Tuckasegee, NC: Cold Weather Advisory High Wind Warning
Wind Advisory

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: Duplin; Lenoir; Jones; Inland Onslow; Coastal Onslow

5. Cold Weather Advisory for: Halifax; Nash; Edgecombe; Johnston; Wilson; Moore; Lee; Harnett

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

7. Cold Weather Advisory for: Martin

8. Cold Weather Advisory for: Northampton; Hertford; Gates; Bertie; Chowan; Southampton

9. Cold Weather Advisory for: Northern Outer Banks

10. Cold Weather Advisory for: Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island

11. Cold Weather Advisory for: Pasquotank; Camden; Western Currituck; Perquimans; Eastern Currituck; Gloucester; Mathews; Surry; James City; Isle of Wight; Suffolk; Chesapeake; York; Newport News; Hampton/Poquoson

12. Cold Weather Advisory for: Robeson; Bladen; Columbus; Inland Pender; Coastal Pender; Inland New Hanover; Coastal New Hanover; Inland Brunswick; Coastal Brunswick

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

14. Cold Weather Advisory for: Wayne; Scotland; Hoke; Cumberland; Sampson

15. Cold Weather Advisory for: Yancey; Mitchell

16. Extreme Cold Warning for: Beaufort

17. Extreme Cold Warning for: East Carteret

18. Extreme Cold Warning for: Martin

19. Extreme Cold Warning for: Northern Outer Banks

20. Extreme Cold Warning for: Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island

21. Extreme Cold Warning for: Pamlico; Southern Craven

22. Extreme Cold Warning for: Pasquotank; Camden; Western Currituck; Perquimans; Eastern Currituck; Gloucester; Mathews; Surry; James City; Isle of Wight; Suffolk; Chesapeake; York; Newport News; Hampton/Poquoson

23. Extreme Cold Warning for: Pitt; Greene; Northern Craven; West Carteret

24. Extreme Cold Warning for: Washington; Tyrrell; Mainland Dare; Mainland Hyde

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

26. High Wind Warning for: Avery

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

28. High Wind Warning for: Yancey; Mitchell

29. Special Weather Statement for: Ashe; Watauga; Tazewell; Smyth; Bland; Giles; Grayson; Alleghany; Bath; Mercer; Summers; Monroe; Eastern Greenbrier; Western Greenbrier

30. Special Weather Statement for: Avery; Madison; Yancey; Mitchell

31. Wind Advisory for: East Carteret

32. Wind Advisory for: Graham

33. Wind Advisory for: Halifax; Nash; Edgecombe; Johnston; Wilson; Moore; Lee; Harnett

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

35. Wind Advisory for: Northampton; Hertford; Gates; Bertie; Chowan; Southampton

36. Wind Advisory for: Northern Outer Banks

37. Wind Advisory for: Ocracoke Island; Hatteras Island

38. Wind Advisory for: Pasquotank; Camden; Western Currituck; Perquimans; Eastern Currituck; Gloucester; Mathews; Surry; James City; Isle of Wight; Suffolk; Chesapeake; York; Newport News; Hampton/Poquoson

39. Wind Advisory for: Person; Granville; Vance; Warren; Forsyth; Guilford; Alamance; Orange; Durham; Franklin; Davidson; Randolph; Chatham; Wake; Stanly; Montgomery

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

41. Wind Advisory for: Washington; Tyrrell; Mainland Dare; Mainland Hyde

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

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.

Next Topic: Snow