Forecast Details for Clay Center, KS

Recent Locations: Snyder, NE Hancock, NH Clay Center, KS

Current Alerts for Clay Center, KS: Flood Watch

Overnight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 3am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 3am and 5am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5am. Low around 53. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. West wind 5 to 15 mph becoming east in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Friday: A chance of showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 20 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 59. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 31. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 67. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. North wind around 5 mph becoming south after midnight.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 61.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Breezy.

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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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