Forecast Details for Forest City, MO

Recent Locations: Forest City, MO

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Low around 71. South wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after noon. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Temperature falling to around 65 by 5pm. South wind 10 to 14 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers after 4am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 52. North wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 76. North wind 5 to 9 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. East northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 77.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 79.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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