Forecast Details for Fort Lauderdale, FL

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Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 79. Light and variable wind.

Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 9am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 91. Heat index values as high as 103. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 11pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 11pm and 2am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 78. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 8am and 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. High near 91. Heat index values as high as 102. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday Night: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Low around 76. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then showers and thunderstorms between 2pm and 5pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. High near 91. West wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 8pm. Low around 77. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Labor Day: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. West wind 5 to 9 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 76. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms. High near 91. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Low around 77. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Wednesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 77. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

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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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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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