Forecast Details for Pensacola, FL

Recent Locations: Pensacola, FL

Juneteenth: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 77. West wind around 5 mph.

Friday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 10am and 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 77. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 92. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 77. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 91. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly clear, with a low around 77. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Monday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 92. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly clear, with a low around 77.

Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76.

Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

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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