Forecast Details for Elliott, IA

Recent Locations: Merced, CA Calpine, CA Elliott, IA

This Afternoon: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. West northwest wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 37. West northwest wind 6 to 14 mph becoming east after midnight.

Friday: A chance of rain and thunderstorms, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. High near 64. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. West northwest wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Windy, with a west northwest wind 18 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 8 to 13 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 59. Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. North wind 6 to 13 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of rain before 1am, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. North northeast wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy, with a southeast wind around 21 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Windy, with a south southwest wind 20 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

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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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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