Forecast Details for Elliott, IA

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Tonight: Areas of frost after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 28. West northwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Sunday: Areas of frost before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 60. West northwest wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. West northwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming north after midnight.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. North wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 10pm, then a chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 26. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday: A chance of snow before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 45. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Breezy, with a southeast wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Windy, with a south wind 23 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 11 to 18 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Thursday: A chance of rain and thunderstorms, then rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. East northeast wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Thursday Night: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. East wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Friday: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Southeast wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Friday Night: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. East southeast wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. East wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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