Forecast Details for Elgin, IA

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Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. Northwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

Thursday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 57. West wind around 6 mph.

Thursday Night: Showers, mainly before 1am. Low around 36. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 55. North wind around 7 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33. Light and variable wind.

Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Light east wind becoming southeast 8 to 13 mph in the morning. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southeast wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Breezy, with a southwest wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Southwest wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Southwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Southwest wind 9 to 13 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. North wind 11 to 13 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 49. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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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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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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