Forecast Details for Earling, IA

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Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Calm wind becoming south southwest 5 to 7 mph after midnight.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy, with a south wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers between 1am and 4am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 58. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then a chance of showers between 10am and 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 72. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. South southwest wind 9 to 13 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 63. North northwest wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. North wind 3 to 6 mph.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. East wind 5 to 7 mph.

Sunday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. East southeast wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Sunday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 16 to 18 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Northwest wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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