Forecast Details for Center Junction, IA

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Current Alerts for Center Junction, IA: Red Flag Warning Wind Advisory

This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 62. Windy, with a west wind 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. West wind 5 to 15 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Thursday: A slight chance of showers between 2pm and 3pm, then a chance of rain after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. East wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday Night: Rain likely before midnight, then rain and snow between midnight and 3am, then snow after 3am. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 28. Blustery, with a northeast wind 15 to 20 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of snow before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 35. Breezy.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 17.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 32.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 28.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 13.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 31.

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

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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