Forecast Details for Minden, IA

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This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. West southwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tonight: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Calm wind becoming southwest around 6 mph after midnight.

Wednesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 10am. Areas of smoke before 3pm, then areas of smoke after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. West southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming north in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: Areas of smoke before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light north northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 8 to 13 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 49. South southwest wind around 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 63. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 43. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 67. Calm wind becoming west northwest 5 to 7 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. Light and variable wind.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. South southeast wind 5 to 9 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. Southeast wind 6 to 8 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. South southeast wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 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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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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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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