Forecast Details for Ridgeway, IA

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Today: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Breezy, with an east wind around 16 mph.

Tonight: Showers, mainly after 10pm. Low around 33. Breezy, with an east wind 18 to 20 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, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. High near 54. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 18 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northwest wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Friday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. North wind 6 to 11 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 37. East wind around 14 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a west wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Breezy, with a northwest wind 18 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Breezy, with a northwest wind 11 to 18 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Southwest wind 7 to 11 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. North wind around 10 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45. North wind around 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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