Forecast Details for Estherville, IA

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Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 3am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 53. Windy, with a southeast wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 13 to 18 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.
Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 3pm, then a slight chance of showers between 3pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Windy, with a south southwest wind 15 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. Southwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.
Wednesday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Breezy, with a southwest wind 6 to 16 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Breezy, with a north northeast wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. Breezy.
Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Breezy.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Breezy.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.
Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 74.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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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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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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