Forecast Details for Lake Park, IA

Recent Locations: San Francisco International Airport, CA Dallas, TX Lake Park, IA

Current Alerts for Lake Park, IA: Severe Thunderstorm Watch

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers between 1am and 4am. Some of the storms could be severe. Increasing clouds, with a low around 38. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 20 to 25 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 60. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 64.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 76.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 52.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Breezy.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy.

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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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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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