Forecast Details for Colfax, IN

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Current Alerts for Colfax, IN: Special Weather Statement

Tonight: Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 38. South southwest wind 7 to 9 mph.

Tuesday: Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. South wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 50 percent chance of rain after 1am. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 54. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 68. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming south southeast after midnight.

Thursday: A slight chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. South southeast wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers. Low around 39. South southeast wind 11 to 15 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. West wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Sunday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 34.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?

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Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.

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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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