Forecast Details for Blencoe, IA

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Tonight: Areas of frost after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 27. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 18 to 23 mph decreasing to 7 to 12 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph.

Sunday: Areas of frost before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 62. West northwest wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow between 1am and 4am, then a slight chance of rain after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 31. North wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 44. North wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow before 10pm, then a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. North northeast wind around 10 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday: A slight chance of snow before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Breezy, with a southeast wind 18 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Windy, with a west southwest wind 23 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. West wind 10 to 16 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Thursday: Rain likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Thursday Night: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. East southeast wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Friday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. East southeast wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Friday Night: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. East southeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. East southeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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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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