Forecast Details for Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, NC

Recent Locations: Charlotte/Douglas International Airport, NC

Today: Sunny, with a high near 92. Southwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 74. Southwest wind 7 to 9 mph.

Juneteenth: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 5pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 94. Southwest wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a slight chance of showers between 2am and 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 90. North wind around 6 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 72.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 93.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 73.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 94.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 75.

Monday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 96.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 74.

Tuesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 95.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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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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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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