Forecast Details for Red Oak, IA

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Overnight: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Steady temperature around 47. East southeast wind around 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Rain and thunderstorms before 2pm, then a slight chance of rain between 2pm and 3pm. High near 62. Breezy, with a southeast wind 13 to 20 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 37. West northwest wind 6 to 14 mph becoming east after midnight.

Friday: A chance of rain and thunderstorms, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. High near 66. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 18 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. West northwest wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 18 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Blustery, with a northwest wind 13 to 18 mph decreasing to 7 to 12 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 59. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33. North northwest wind around 7 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. North northeast wind 6 to 13 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. North northeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. Breezy, with a southeast wind 14 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy, with a southeast wind 18 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Windy, with a south southwest wind 20 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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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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