Forecast Details for Hampton, VA

Recent Locations: Round Rock, TX South Bend, IN Hampton, VA

Current Alerts for Hampton, VA: Extreme Cold Warning

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 14. Wind chill values as low as -1. Blustery, with a northwest wind 21 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 29. Wind chill values as low as -2. Blustery, with a northwest wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 18. Northwest wind 10 to 14 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 37. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Southwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 52.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Wednesday: A chance of rain after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42.

Thursday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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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.

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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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