Forecast Details for Cascade, IA

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Overnight: Isolated showers and thunderstorms before 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 61. Breezy, with a south wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Breezy, with a southwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 7pm. Low around 61. South wind around 10 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.
Sunday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 71. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Sunday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Low around 57. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 65.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 75.
Tuesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53.
Wednesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Wednesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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