Forecast Details for Missouri Valley, IA

Recent Locations: Hima, KY Childs, MD Missouri Valley, IA

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around -3. North northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 24. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 23 by 5am. South wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45. South wind around 8 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. West northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and snow before midnight, then a slight chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. East southeast wind 6 to 8 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. South southwest wind around 6 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 61. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. South wind 6 to 10 mph becoming north northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. North wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 18. North northeast wind 6 to 9 mph.

Sunday: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. East wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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