Forecast Details for Lake Worth, FL

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Overnight: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. Light southwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. High near 88. Heat index values as high as 101. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1am and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. High near 89. Heat index values as high as 103. Light southwest wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11pm. Low around 75. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. High near 89. Light and variable wind becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Low around 75. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. High near 89. Light south wind becoming southeast 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Low around 76. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

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

Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 77. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

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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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