Forecast Details for Elliott, IA

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Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. Windy, with a west northwest wind 17 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 27. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 8 to 13 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 60. West northwest wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33. West northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. North wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Monday Night: A 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 25. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday: A chance of snow before 1pm, then a chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 51. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 14 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Breezy, with a southeast wind 18 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain, mainly before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Windy, with a south southwest wind 23 to 31 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Thursday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Breezy, with an east wind 17 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Thursday Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. East northeast wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Friday: Rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Breezy, with a northeast wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 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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