Forecast Details for Lake View, IA

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Today: A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. North wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tonight: A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 9pm, then a slight chance of snow showers after 5am. Cloudy, with a low around 25. North northeast wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: A chance of snow showers before 1pm, then rain and snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 7pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Windy, with a southeast wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Windy, with a south southwest wind 22 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 60.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.

Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Saturday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 54. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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