Forecast Details for Rudd, IA

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Today: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Cloudy, with a high near 71. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers between 2am and 3am. Low around 44. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 17 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 61. Breezy, with a northwest wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. North wind 6 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 62. North wind 6 to 9 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. East wind around 7 mph.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with an east wind 8 to 17 mph.

Sunday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 49. Breezy, with an east wind 20 to 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 61. Breezy, with an east wind 20 to 22 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Breezy, with a west wind 20 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Breezy, with a west wind 17 to 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. West wind 5 to 11 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

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Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?

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Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes (between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes water vapor to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.

In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.

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