Forecast Details for Ackworth, IA

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Overnight: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 4am and 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. Northeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers before 7am, then a chance of showers after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Breezy, with an east wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Temperature falling to near 44 by 8pm, then rising to around 49 during the remainder of the night. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Thursday: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 7am. High near 68. Windy, with a south southeast wind 14 to 22 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of thunderstorms before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Breezy, with a west wind 6 to 16 mph becoming east northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 69. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 1am, then a chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. Windy.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Windy.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 54.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

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