Forecast Details for Sanborn, IA

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Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers between 9pm and 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west 20 to 25 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 55. Windy, with a west wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday Night: Snow likely. Patchy blowing snow between 2am and 5am. Cloudy, with a low around 16. Blustery, with a northwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of around 3 inches.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of snow before noon. Patchy blowing snow between 8am and 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 27. Blustery.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 11.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of snow after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 30.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 7.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 25.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 4.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 29.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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