Weather Alerts for Florida

Recent Locations: Dunedin, FL

Current Alerts for Dunedin, FL: Flood Watch

1. Flood Advisory for: Marion, FL

2. Flood Advisory for: Marion, FL; Putnam, FL

3. Flood Warning for: DeSoto, FL

4. Flood Warning for: Hillsborough, FL

5. Flood Warning for: Hillsborough, FL

6. Flood Watch for: Eastern Marion; Central Marion; Western Marion

7. Flood Watch for: Inland Dixie; Coastal Dixie

8. Flood Watch for: Inland Flagler; Eastern Putnam; Western Putnam

9. Flood Watch for: Inland Volusia; Northern Lake County; Orange; Seminole; Osceola; Coastal Volusia; Southern Lake County; Inland Northern Brevard; Mainland Northern Brevard; Northern Brevard Barrier Islands; Inland Southern Brevard; Mainland Southern Brevard; Southern Brevard Barrier Islands

10. Flood Watch for: Sumter; Pinellas; Polk; Hardee; Coastal Levy; Coastal Citrus; Coastal Hernando; Coastal Pasco; Coastal Hillsborough; Coastal Manatee; Inland Levy; Inland Citrus; Inland Hernando; Inland Pasco; Inland Hillsborough; Inland Manatee

11. Heat Advisory for: North Walton; Central Walton; Holmes; Washington; Jackson; Inland Bay; Calhoun; Inland Gulf; Inland Franklin; Gadsden; Inland Wakulla; South Walton; Coastal Bay; Coastal Gulf; Coastal Franklin; Coastal Jefferson; Coastal Wakulla; Northern Liberty; Southern Liberty; Seminole; Decatur; Grady

12. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: Bay, FL

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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.

Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

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.

Next Topic: Snow