Forecast Details for Prairie Village, KS

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Current Alerts for Prairie Village, KS: Dense Fog Advisory

Overnight: A slight chance of drizzle. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 56. East southeast wind around 6 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of drizzle before 8am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. South southeast wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Monday Night: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 56. South wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. West southwest wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers between 1am and 4am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. South southwest wind around 10 mph becoming southeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then a chance of showers between 10am and 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 52.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

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

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 71.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 74.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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