Forecast Details for District Heights, MD

Recent Locations: District Heights, MD

Overnight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday: Scattered showers, mainly before 7am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 86. West wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. West wind around 10 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 77. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Northwest wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 77.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

Tuesday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: Showers. High near 63. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday Night: Showers. Low around 54. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Thursday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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