Forecast Details for Ellenton, FL

Recent Locations: Watson, AL Heflin, AL Ellenton, FL

Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming west northwest 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Northeast wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Windy, with a northeast wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Windy, with a northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Windy, with an east northeast wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Windy, with an east northeast wind 15 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. East northeast wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. East northeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 64.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 89.

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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 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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