Forecast Details for Thonotosassa, FL

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Today: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Heat index values as high as 106. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: Isolated showers, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 105. Calm wind becoming southwest 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then isolated showers between 11pm and 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: Isolated showers, then showers and thunderstorms likely after 11am. Sunny and hot, with a high near 95. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Sunny and hot, with a high near 95. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 95. Light east wind. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Wednesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. 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 74. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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