Forecast Details for Modale, IA

Recent Locations: Modoc, IL Bridgeview, IL Modale, IA

Today: A slight chance of drizzle, snow showers, and freezing rain before 9am, then a slight chance of snow showers between 9am and 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 14 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 28. West northwest wind 12 to 17 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 63. West wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Sunday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 33. North wind 6 to 8 mph.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. North wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 10pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 10pm and 1am, then a chance of snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. North northeast wind around 9 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday: A chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 48. Southeast wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Breezy, with a southeast wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Windy, with a south wind 20 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. South southwest wind 14 to 17 mph becoming east northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.

Thursday: A chance of rain and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 13 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Thursday Night: Rain and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. East northeast wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Friday: Rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. Northeast wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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