Forecast Details for Cherokee, NC

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Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 5am. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Calm wind. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms before 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 4pm and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Patchy fog before noon. High near 81. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 5am, then a chance of showers. Patchy fog. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. High near 85. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers between 2am and 5am. Low around 67. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: A chance of showers between 1pm and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.

Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88.

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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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