Forecast Details for Oelwein, IA

Recent Locations: Kennesaw, GA Center Ridge, AR Oelwein, IA

Tonight: Cloudy early, then gradual clearing, with a low around 31. Blustery, with a northwest wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 52. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers between 8pm and 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 18 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. Northeast wind 8 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. East wind 7 to 13 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Breezy, with a southeast wind 14 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Windy, with a south wind 23 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Breezy, with a southwest wind 13 to 22 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. North wind 11 to 13 mph.

Thursday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Northeast wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Southeast wind around 14 mph.

Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Southeast wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday: Showers likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Southeast wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

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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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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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