Forecast Details for Elkader, IA

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Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 45. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Tuesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers between 7pm and 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. West wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. West wind 5 to 7 mph.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Light north wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. North wind 5 to 7 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. North wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Southeast wind 5 to 11 mph.

Saturday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Breezy, with a south wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday: Showers likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. South wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

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Weather Topic: What is Fog?

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Fog is technically a type of stratus cloud, which lies along the ground and obscures visibility.

It is usually created when humidity in the air condenses into tiny water droplets. Because of this, some places are more prone to foggy weather, such as regions close to a body of water.

Fog is similar to mist; both are the appearance of water droplets suspended in the air, but fog is the term applied to the condition when visibility is less than 1 km.

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Freezing rain is a condition where precipitation which has fallen in the form of water droplets reaches temperatures which are below freezing and freezes upon coming into contact with surface objects. The result of this precipitation is a glaze of ice which can be damaging to plants and man-made structures. A severe onset of freezing rain which results in a very thick glaze of ice is known as an ice storm.

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