Forecast Details for Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Independence Day: Showers and thunderstorms. High near 87. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 77. Southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms likely between 2pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 100. South wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 78. Southwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 79. South wind 3 to 8 mph.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 79. Southeast wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. East wind 3 to 8 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 78.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 78.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 90.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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