Forecast Details for Clarinda, IA

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Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind around 7 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 87. Southwest wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. South southwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Light south southwest wind.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 68. Light south wind.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 91. Light south wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 71. South wind 5 to 7 mph.

Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 90. South southwest wind 5 to 7 mph.

Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. South southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming north 5 to 7 mph in the morning.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming north northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. Light and variable wind.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Hail?

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Hail is a form of precipitation which is recognized by large solid balls or clumps of ice. Hail is created by thunderstorm clouds with strong updrafts of wind. As the hailstones remain in the updraft, ice is deposited onto them until their weight becomes heavy enough for them to fall to the earth's surface.

Hail storms can cause significant damage to crops, aircrafts, and man-made structures, despite the fact that the duration is usually less than ten minutes.

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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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