Forecast Details for Van Meter, IA

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Overnight: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. North northeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Breezy, with an east wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Showers before 10pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 4am, then showers after 4am. Low around 42. East wind around 15 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 4pm, then a chance of showers. High near 66. Windy, with a southeast wind 13 to 22 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 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 37. West wind 5 to 14 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: A chance of rain and thunderstorms, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 64. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Windy.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Windy.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 52.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Breezy.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What is Hail?

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Hail is a form of precipitation which is recognized by large solid balls or clumps of ice. Hail is created by thunderstorm clouds with strong updrafts of wind. As the hailstones remain in the updraft, ice is deposited onto them until their weight becomes heavy enough for them to fall to the earth's surface.

Hail storms can cause significant damage to crops, aircrafts, and man-made structures, despite the fact that the duration is usually less than ten minutes.

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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