Forecast Details for Orchard, IA

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Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northeast wind 11 to 14 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 17 mph.

Wednesday Night: Showers, mainly after 10pm. Low around 35. Breezy, with an east wind 18 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. High near 57. Breezy, with an east wind 16 to 18 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of rain showers, mixing with snow after 10pm, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Breezy, with a west wind 8 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: A slight chance of showers before 10am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 54. North wind 7 to 14 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Low around 35. East wind around 14 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Blustery, with a northwest wind 17 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming south after midnight.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 51. Southwest wind 7 to 13 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. North wind 10 to 13 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Northeast wind 9 to 13 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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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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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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