Forecast Details for Columbus, KS

Recent Locations: Columbus, KS

Tonight: A chance of snow before 1am, then a slight chance of rain between 1am and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 33. Wind chill values as low as 24. Northeast wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 43. Wind chill values as low as 21. Northeast wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 24. North wind 3 to 7 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 44. Wind chill values as low as 17. North wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 18. North wind 6 to 8 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 41.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 64.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 70.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 71.

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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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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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