Forecast Details for Tama, IA

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Current Alerts for Tama, IA: High Wind Watch Winter Storm Watch

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Breezy, with a southeast wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Tonight: A slight chance of rain between 3am and 4am, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday: Rain before 2pm, then rain, snow, and sleet between 2pm and 3pm, then snow, possibly mixed with rain after 3pm. Some thunder is also possible. Patchy blowing snow after 3pm. Temperature rising to near 51 by 8am, then falling to around 31 during the remainder of the day. Windy, with a south southeast wind 15 to 20 mph becoming north 28 to 33 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 48 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Sunday Night: Snow. Widespread blowing snow, mainly after 8pm. Low around 7. Wind chill values as low as -15. Very windy, with a northwest wind 33 to 36 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Monday: Areas of blowing snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 14. Windy, with a northwest wind 24 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 0. Blustery.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of snow after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 27.

Tuesday Night: Snow likely before 1am, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.

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

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 60.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

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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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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