Forecast Details for Dunnellon, FL

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Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Calm wind.

Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers after 3am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 72. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. High near 88. Calm wind becoming northeast around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Low around 71. Northeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Labor Day: A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Wednesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 72. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88.

Thursday Night: A chance of thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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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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