Forecast Details for Abbott, TX

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Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 73. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 93. Heat index values as high as 97. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 74. Southeast wind around 10 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 95. South southwest wind around 10 mph.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 75. South wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 92. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 71. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67.

Labor Day: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85.

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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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