Forecast Details for Orlando, FL

Recent Locations: Orlando, FL

Current Alerts for Orlando, FL: Extreme Heat Warning

Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Sunny and hot, with a high near 99. Heat index values as high as 111. South southeast wind around 5 mph.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 79. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming northwest in the evening.

Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Sunny and hot, with a high near 98. Heat index values as high as 107. Southwest wind around 5 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 79. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 96. West southwest wind around 5 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 78. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 97. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 78. Southwest wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 96. West southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 77. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming south southeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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