Forecast Details for Story City, IA

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Today: Patchy frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 64. East wind 6 to 8 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. East southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Windy, with a southeast wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 47. Windy, with a southeast wind 20 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Friday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 67. Windy, with a southeast wind around 25 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 Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Low around 56. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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

Sunday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 71. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Sunday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Breezy.

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

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 75.

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Weather Topic: What are Altocumulus Clouds?

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Similar to cirrocumulus clouds, altocumulus clouds are characterized by cloud patches. They are distinguished by larger cloudlets than cirrocumulus clouds but are still smaller than stratocumulus clouds.

Altocumulus clouds most commonly form in middle altitudes (between 2 and 5 km) and may resemble, at times, the shape of a flying saucer. These uncommon formations, called altocumulus lenticularis, are created by uplift in the atmosphere and are most often seen in close proximity to mountains.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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