Forecast Details for Waucoma, IA

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This Afternoon: Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 17 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. North wind 6 to 13 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 43. Northeast wind 6 to 11 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers before 7pm, then a chance of snow showers between 7pm and 9pm, then rain showers likely after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Breezy, with a south wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Windy, with a south wind 22 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Breezy, with a southwest wind 7 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. West wind 7 to 9 mph.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. North wind around 6 mph.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. North wind 6 to 8 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. North wind around 6 mph becoming east after midnight.

Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 58. Southeast wind 7 to 14 mph.

Saturday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 71. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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