Forecast Details for Red Oak, IA

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Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. West northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming east northeast after midnight.

Friday: A chance of rain, then rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 69. East wind 14 to 17 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. West northwest wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Northwest wind 12 to 17 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 59. Northwest wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33. Northwest wind around 7 mph.

Monday: A chance of rain, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. North wind 6 to 13 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain before 1am, then a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 51. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Breezy, with a southeast wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. Windy, with a south wind 20 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 13 to 20 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.

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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.

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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.

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