Forecast Details for Blencoe, IA

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Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. North wind 3 to 5 mph.

Thursday: A chance of showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 56. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 10pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northeast wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Northeast wind 8 to 10 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of showers between 1am and 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. East southeast wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 69. Breezy, with a south wind 11 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a low around 59. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Sunday: A chance of showers before 7am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 18 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers before 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 57. South wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. Breezy, with a south wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. South wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 8 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. North wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. West wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 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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