Forecast Details for Independence, MO

Recent Locations: Independence, MO  
Tonight: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 50. South southwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday: Sunny, with a high near 71. West wind 8 to 10 mph.
Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. West southwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming south southeast in the evening.
Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 81. Breezy, with a south wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. South southwest wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 77. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Friday: A chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 52.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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