Forecast Details for Orlando International Airport, FL

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Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 65. East southeast wind 10 to 15 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65. East southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 93. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11pm, then a slight chance of showers between 11pm and 2am. Mostly clear, with a low around 68. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 92. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. East wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 66. East wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 89. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

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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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