Forecast Details for Macksburg, IA

Recent Locations: Macksburg, IA

Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. North wind around 7 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 64. East northeast wind 5 to 7 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Southeast wind 7 to 10 mph.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Windy, with a southeast wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 51. Windy, with a southeast wind 21 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Friday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 71. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Breezy.

Saturday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 55. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Sunday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Windy.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Breezy.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 72.

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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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