Forecast Details for Kansas City, KS

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Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. Light and variable wind becoming south 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.
Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly between 10pm and 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 67. South southeast wind around 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. South wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 80.
Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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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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