Forecast Details for Arkansas City, KS

Recent Locations: Grifton, NC Arkansas City, KS

Overnight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. South southeast wind around 7 mph.

Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a slight chance of rain and thunderstorms between 7am and 1pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 88. South southeast wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 70. South southeast wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. South southeast wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 88.

Tuesday Night: Rain and thunderstorms likely before 10pm, then rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 1am, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 90.

Wednesday Night: Clear, with a low around 67.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 90.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 85.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

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