Forecast Details for Pawnee Rock, KS

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Today: A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 51. Northeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Tonight: A slight chance of rain before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers between 7pm and 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Northeast wind 5 to 11 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming south in the afternoon.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. South wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 77. Windy, with a south southwest wind 16 to 21 mph increasing to 27 to 32 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 41 mph.
Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. Breezy.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 73.
Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.
Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49.
Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Breezy.
Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Breezy.
Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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