Forecast Details for Colwich, KS

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Today: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1pm and 5pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 23 to 25 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph.

Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 4am. Some of the storms could be severe. Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. Breezy, with a north wind 23 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 62. North wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming south southeast in the evening.

Sunday: Areas of frost before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 74. Southwest wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 76. Breezy.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Breezy.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Breezy.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Breezy.

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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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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