Forecast Details for Aurora, KS

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Today: A slight chance of showers between noon and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tonight: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. East wind around 10 mph becoming northeast in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. High near 69. Breezy, with a northeast wind 10 to 20 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Sunday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Low around 55. Southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. North wind around 10 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 65.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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