Forecast Details for Fort Myers, FL

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Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Heat index values as high as 101. Light east southeast wind becoming southeast 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. South wind around 6 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Heat index values as high as 103. East wind around 7 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. East southeast wind 3 to 6 mph.

Juneteenth: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. East wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 5am, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. East southeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. East southeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. East southeast wind 5 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Sunny, with a high near 94. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

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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 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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