Forecast Details for Plano, TX

Recent Locations: Plano, TX

Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. North wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 70. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10pm. Low around 57. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Steady temperature around 59. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 51. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Sunday: A slight chance of thunderstorms before 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. North northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. South southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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