Forecast Details for Holcomb, KS

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Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 2pm and 4pm. Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 74. South wind 10 to 14 mph becoming north in the afternoon.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers after 1am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 44. Northeast wind 10 to 14 mph.

Sunday: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. High near 79. Northeast wind 10 to 18 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a chance of showers between 10pm and 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. South wind 10 to 18 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 72. North northwest wind 10 to 17 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 72.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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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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