Forecast Details for Tonkawa, OK

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Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 60. South southeast wind around 5 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 11 to 16 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Thursday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 66. South southeast wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Friday: Showers and thunderstorms likely after 1pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Increasing clouds, with a high near 83. South wind 16 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers. Some of the storms could be severe. Low around 41. South wind around 18 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 63.

Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 37.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 74.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81.

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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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