Forecast Details for Emmetsburg, IA

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Today: A slight chance of snow showers between 10am and 11am, then a chance of rain showers. Increasing clouds, with a high near 50. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tonight: Showers. Low around 36. Breezy, with an east wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers. High near 43. Breezy, with an east northeast wind around 16 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northwest wind 8 to 15 mph becoming north northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Friday: Rain likely, possibly mixed with snow showers before 10am, then rain showers. Some thunder is also possible. High near 46. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a chance of showers between 10pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: A slight chance of rain showers before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Windy.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 55. Breezy.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51.

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Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?

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Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes (between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes water vapor to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.

In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?

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Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.

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