Forecast Details for Clay Center, KS

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Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. North wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 79. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 4am, then a slight chance of showers after 4am. Mostly clear, with a low around 57. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 73.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 73.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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