Forecast Details for Independence, IA

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Today: Areas of smoke after 3pm. Sunny, with a high near 67. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then scattered rain between midnight and 1am. Areas of smoke before 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 65.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 67.

Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 42.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 73.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 80.

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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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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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