Forecast Details for The Colony, TX

Recent Locations: Raymond, NE The Colony, TX

This Afternoon: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 3pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 56. North wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 48. North wind 5 to 15 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 72. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the morning.

Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. South wind around 5 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. South southwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: A chance of showers before 9am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9am and noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 78. South wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 63. South wind 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. South southwest wind 10 to 20 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before midnight. Mostly clear, with a low around 48.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 68.

Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 52.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 77.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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