Forecast Details for Tornillo, TX

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Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. West wind 3 to 6 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers between 3pm and 5pm. Patchy blowing dust after 1pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 83. Light west wind becoming west southwest 18 to 23 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night: Patchy blowing dust before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 47. West wind 17 to 22 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 85. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light southwest after midnight.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 86. Light west northwest wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. West wind 6 to 9 mph becoming north after midnight.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 77. East wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. East wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 71.

Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.

Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 79.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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