Forecast Details for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX

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Current Alerts for Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, TX: Air Quality Alert

Today: Sunny, with a high near 98. North northeast wind around 5 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 76. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 96. Heat index values as high as 100. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 77. East northeast wind around 5 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. South southeast wind around 5 mph.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 71.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 90.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 74.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 90.

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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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