Forecast Details for Rockport, TX

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Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 81. South southwest wind around 9 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 90. Heat index values as high as 100. West southwest wind 6 to 13 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 83. South southeast wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. Heat index values as high as 98. South wind 10 to 13 mph.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 83. Southeast wind 10 to 14 mph.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89. East southeast wind 6 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 81. Southeast wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Sunday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. East wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 79. East wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 79.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 86.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly clear, with a low around 79.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 87.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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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 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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