Forecast Details for Wichita, KS

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Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Light and variable wind becoming south 12 to 17 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 76. West southwest wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. South southeast wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Friday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. South wind 16 to 18 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. North northwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 62.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 67.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 72.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. 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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