Forecast Details for Carroll, IA

Recent Locations: Peekskill, NY Carroll, IA

This Afternoon: A chance of snow showers before 3pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 3pm and 4pm, then a chance of rain showers after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a southeast wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers between 11pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 44 by 5am. Windy, with a southeast wind 15 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Windy, with a south southwest wind 24 to 29 mph becoming west 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. North northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 58.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Saturday: Showers likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 55. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Breezy.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. 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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