Forecast Details for Clearwater, FL

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Today: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. Heat index values as high as 97. West northwest wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 76. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 8am. High near 88. West wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then scattered showers between 11pm and 2am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Low around 75. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Labor Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 88. East northeast wind 6 to 8 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then scattered showers between 11pm and 2am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. East northeast wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. East northeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 75. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 8am. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. South southeast wind 6 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Wednesday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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