Forecast Details for Gainesville, FL

Recent Locations: Gainesville, FL

Overnight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3am. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Calm wind.

Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between noon and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 8am. High near 88. Light and variable wind becoming south around 6 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Low around 73. Light south wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Independence Day: A slight chance of thunderstorms, then showers and thunderstorms after 8am. High near 88. Heat index values as high as 100. Calm wind becoming east around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Low around 73. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday: A chance of showers before 11am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11am and 2pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 87. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then a slight chance of showers after 2am. Low around 72. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday: A chance of showers, then showers and thunderstorms after 8am. High near 87. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Low around 73. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. High near 89. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Low around 74. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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Weather Topic: What are Fractus Clouds?

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A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original cloud which contained them.

Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.

They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds, and are a display of wind activity.

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