Forecast Details for Colfax, IN

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Current Alerts for Colfax, IN: Special Weather Statement

This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. North northwest wind around 6 mph.

Tonight: Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 35. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Washington's Birthday: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 57. South southwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. South southwest wind 7 to 9 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. South wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Breezy, with a south wind 13 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 22 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. West southwest wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night: Rain likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. South southeast wind 11 to 14 mph becoming west southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 50.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 41.

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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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