Forecast Details for Asheville, NC

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Overnight: A 20 percent chance of showers. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Calm wind.

Friday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 2am. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Southeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 11pm, then a chance of showers after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 79. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 79.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 76.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 52.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 75.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 52.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

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Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are smaller than raindrops.

Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle, a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface. Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can potentially result in hazardous road conditions.

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