Forecast Details for Oran, IA

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Today: Increasing clouds, with a high near 51. Breezy, with an east wind 16 to 20 mph.

Tonight: Showers before 1am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 1am and 4am, then showers after 4am. Low around 37. Breezy, with an east wind 21 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Thursday: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. High near 60. Breezy, with an east wind 18 to 22 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Friday: A slight chance of showers before 10am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 1pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Northeast wind 7 to 15 mph becoming east in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Low around 37. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 17 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Breezy, with a west wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Breezy, with a northwest wind 21 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 21 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northwest wind 7 to 13 mph becoming south after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Southwest wind 8 to 14 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. North wind 11 to 13 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Northeast wind 11 to 13 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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