Forecast Details for Crescent, IA

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Today: Cloudy, with a high near 47. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 18 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Tonight: Areas of frost after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 31. West northwest wind 12 to 17 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Sunday: Areas of frost before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 63. West northwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. North wind around 8 mph.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. North northeast wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 1am, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 1am and 4am, then a chance of snow showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday: A slight chance of snow before 7am, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. East southeast wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy, with a southeast wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Windy, with a south southwest wind 22 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 16 to 20 mph becoming east southeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.

Thursday: A chance of rain and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Thursday Night: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. East northeast wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Friday: Rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. East southeast wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?

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Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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