Forecast Details for Eldon, IA

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Overnight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Patchy fog. Steady temperature around 46. East southeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms before 4pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 4pm and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Patchy fog before 8am. High near 75. Windy, with an east southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south southwest 21 to 26 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. Breezy, with a west wind 13 to 18 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: A chance of showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 4pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. High near 71. Light east wind becoming southeast 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers. Low around 41. South southeast wind around 11 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 52. Breezy.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Breezy.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 56.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy.

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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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