Forecast Details for Columbus, IN

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Tonight: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between midnight and 1am, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 56 by 5am. Northeast wind around 8 mph becoming east southeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. South southwest wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Thursday Night: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. South southwest wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8am, then rain between 8am and 2pm, then rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 77. South southwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms between 8pm and 11pm, then a chance of rain after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 2pm. High near 74. South wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms between 8pm and 2am, then a slight chance of rain after 2am. Low around 42. West wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. West northwest wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Monday: A slight chance of rain and snow before 2pm. Sunny, with a high near 59. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 60.

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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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