Forecast Details for Villisca, IA

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Overnight: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Steady temperature around 47. East southeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Rain and thunderstorms, mainly before 2pm. High near 65. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 11 to 20 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. West wind 9 to 14 mph becoming light and variable.

Friday: A chance of rain and thunderstorms, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. High near 67. Breezy, with an east wind 14 to 18 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night: A chance of rain and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a chance of rain between 10pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. West northwest wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Northwest wind 12 to 17 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 59. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. Northwest wind around 6 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. North wind 5 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. North northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. Breezy, with a southeast wind 13 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Breezy, with a southeast wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Windy, with a south southwest wind 18 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

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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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