Forecast Details for Ruskin, FL

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Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 78. Calm wind.

Saturday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 2pm and 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 105. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 77. West southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Sunday: Isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 104. Light and variable wind becoming west southwest 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. West southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Sunny and hot, with a high near 95. East southeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 2am, then isolated showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. West wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday: Isolated showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 8am. Sunny and hot, with a high near 96. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. North wind around 6 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 96. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

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

Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: 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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