Forecast Details for Bellaire, TX

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Tonight: Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 79. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 96. Heat index values as high as 106. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 79. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 96. Heat index values as high as 105. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 78. South wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 94. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 78.

Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 91. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 78. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 91.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 79.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 93.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 79.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 94.

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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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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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