Forecast Details for Bedford, IA

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Overnight: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Light west northwest wind becoming north 5 to 9 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 50. Breezy, with an east wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly after 9pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Temperature falling to near 45 by 9pm, then rising to around 53 during the remainder of the night. East wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then a chance of showers. High near 66. Windy, with a south wind 15 to 22 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. West wind 5 to 11 mph becoming east after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Friday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 72. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Windy.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Blustery.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 55.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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