Forecast Details for Swisher, IA

Recent Locations: Townsend, DE Index, WA Swisher, IA

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. South wind around 10 mph.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 7pm and 4am, then showers after 4am. Low around 55. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 67. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday Night: Clear, with a low around 44.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 69.

Sunday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. High near 67. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Breezy.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.

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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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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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