Forecast Details for Crescent, IA

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Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 40. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.

Friday: Rain and thunderstorms likely before 1pm, then rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 3pm, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. East wind 11 to 14 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Northwest wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 16 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. Northwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 61. West northwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. North northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. North wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow before 1am, then a slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. East northeast wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 52. Southeast wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Breezy, with a south wind 20 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. South southwest wind 13 to 15 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Breezy, with a northeast wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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