Forecast Details for Dumas, TX

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Current Alerts for Dumas, TX: Red Flag Warning

Overnight: Clear, with a low around 49. West wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 80. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming east southeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 81. East wind 10 to 20 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. West southwest wind around 15 mph becoming east northeast in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday: Showers. High near 62. East southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, then showers after 1am. Low around 39. East wind around 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. High near 55. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 76.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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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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