Forecast Details for Council Bluffs, IA

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Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. North northwest wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 68. North wind around 7 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. East southeast wind around 6 mph.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. North northeast wind 6 to 10 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. East wind 6 to 8 mph.

Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. East southeast wind 8 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 57. Southeast wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Monday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 10 to 18 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. West northwest wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Northwest wind around 9 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. North wind 3 to 7 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Light north northeast wind becoming north 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. North northeast wind around 7 mph.

Thursday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. North northeast wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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