Forecast Details for Minden, IA

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Tonight: Areas of frost after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 28. West northwest wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Sunday: Areas of frost before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 59. West northwest wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Sunday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 33. North wind 7 to 9 mph.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. North wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow before 10pm, then a chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 26. East wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday: A chance of snow before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 44. Breezy, with a southeast wind 13 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Breezy, with a southeast wind 17 to 23 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 69. Windy, with a south wind 23 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. West southwest wind 10 to 17 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Thursday: A chance of rain and thunderstorms, then rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. North northeast wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Thursday Night: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. East wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Southeast wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Friday Night: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. East southeast wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Saturday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. East wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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