Forecast Details for Fertile, IA

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Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 57. South wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 11am and 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to near 70 by noon, then falling to around 49 during the remainder of the day. Windy, with a south southeast wind 15 to 23 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Windy, with a northwest wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 46. Windy, with a west northwest wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 28. Blustery, with a northwest wind 13 to 18 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 53.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 74.

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

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 74.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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