Forecast Details for Brandon, MS

Recent Locations: Ben Wheeler, TX Brandon, MS

Current Alerts for Brandon, MS: Heat Advisory

This Afternoon: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 98. Heat index values as high as 107. North wind around 5 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 94. Heat index values as high as 105. East wind 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. East southeast wind around 5 mph.

Friday: A chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 91. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. South southwest wind around 5 mph.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. West southwest wind around 5 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 75.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 96.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 76.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny and hot, with a high near 98.

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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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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

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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