Forecast Details for Gainesville, TX

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Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Low around 62. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 82. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 51. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. North wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. North wind around 10 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 68.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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