Forecast Details for West Palm Beach, FL

Recent Locations: West Palm Beach, FL

This Afternoon: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 4pm and 5pm. Sunny, with a high near 88. Southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 79. South wind 13 to 15 mph.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy, with a southeast wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 79. Breezy, with a southeast wind 16 to 18 mph.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers between 8am and 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. Breezy, with a southeast wind 18 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a chance of showers between 11pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 79. Breezy, with a southeast wind 17 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then a chance of showers between 8am and 2pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 81. Breezy, with a southeast wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 75. Breezy, with a southeast wind 16 to 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Tuesday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 79. South wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Tuesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2am, then a chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly clear, with a low around 74.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Sunny, with a high near 83.

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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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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