Forecast Details for Woolstock, IA

Recent Locations: Blue Mountain, MS Lithia, FL Woolstock, IA

Today: A 30 percent chance of showers after 2pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 51. Breezy, with an east wind 13 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers. Low around 38. Windy, with an east wind 18 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 56. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 13 to 18 mph becoming north northwest 7 to 12 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 56. Breezy, with an east wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 21 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: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Windy.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Windy.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 51. Breezy.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 57.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.

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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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