Forecast Details for Richland, TX

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Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 60 by 1pm. North wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers between 7pm and 1am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 46. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 73. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. East northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 5 mph in the morning.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. South southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Light southeast wind becoming south southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84.

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

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85.

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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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