Forecast Details for Hamburg, IA

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Today: Rain likely, mainly after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 52. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 45. East wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Rain and thunderstorms before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain between 1pm and 4pm. High near 68. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 11 to 21 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. West northwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming east after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph.

Friday: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 71. East southeast wind 13 to 17 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Northwest wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a northwest wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. Blustery, with a northwest wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 58. North northwest wind 8 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. North wind around 6 mph becoming south after midnight.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. South wind 7 to 13 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. North northeast wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. North northeast wind 8 to 14 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

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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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