Forecast Details for Anita, IA

Recent Locations: Boswell, PA Ingalls, KS Anita, IA

This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Windy, with a south wind 22 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 8pm and 10pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 41. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 20 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 62. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a northeast wind 11 to 18 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain and snow likely, becoming all snow after 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. Breezy.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 17.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 38.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 13.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 32.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 9.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 37.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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