Forecast Details for Pella, IA

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Today: A 30 percent chance of showers after 5pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 49. North northwest wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tonight: A chance of rain showers before 11pm, then a slight chance of snow showers after 5am. Cloudy, with a low around 29. North northwest wind 8 to 10 mph becoming east northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tuesday: A chance of snow showers before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 42. East southeast wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers before 7pm, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 40. East southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Windy, with a south wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely before 10pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 1am, then showers likely after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 62.

Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66.

Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56.

Sunday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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