Forecast Details for Penitas, TX

Recent Locations: Moosup, CT Drake, CO Penitas, TX

This Afternoon: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 94. Southeast wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 11pm. Increasing clouds, with a low around 63. Southeast wind 5 to 11 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Sunday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Temperature falling to around 63 by 5pm. North northwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then showers likely. Low around 56. North northwest wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 67. North northwest wind 8 to 10 mph.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Calm wind becoming north northeast around 6 mph in the morning.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. East northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. East southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 85. Light east wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?

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Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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