Forecast Details for Highland, KS

Recent Locations: Snoqualmie, WA Oran, MO Highland, KS

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10pm. Temperature falling to near 50 by 8pm, then rising to around 58 during the remainder of the night. East wind 10 to 14 mph becoming south southeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 24 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers between 1am and 4am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Mostly clear, with a low around 47. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 74. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a chance of showers between 10pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Northwest wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Breezy.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 60.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.

Monday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 56.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy.

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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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