Forecast Details for Orchard, IA

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Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Mostly cloudy during the early evening, then becoming mostly clear, with a low around 31. Blustery, with a northwest wind 14 to 16 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 18 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. North wind 6 to 14 mph becoming northeast after midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Southeast wind 6 to 14 mph.

Tuesday Night: Rain likely, possibly mixed with snow showers, becoming all rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Breezy, with a southeast wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Breezy, with a south wind 20 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. Breezy, with a southwest wind 10 to 18 mph.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. West wind 9 to 11 mph.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. North wind 6 to 8 mph.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. East wind around 8 mph.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Southeast wind 9 to 14 mph.

Saturday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southeast wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. South wind 11 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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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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