Forecast Details for Ionia, MI

Recent Locations: Gillette, WY Emigrant Gap, CA Ionia, MI

Current Alerts for Ionia, MI: Flood Warning Flood Watch

Today: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 2pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. West wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Light southeast wind becoming south southeast 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of showers before 11pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and 2am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Low around 49. South southeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8am, then showers likely. High near 60. West wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Breezy.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 52.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 65.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.

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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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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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