Forecast Details for Orchard, IA

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Today: A 10 percent chance of showers after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Breezy, with an east wind around 16 mph.

Tonight: Showers, mainly after 10pm. Low around 35. Breezy, with an east wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. High near 53. Breezy, with an east wind 16 to 18 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of rain showers, mixing with snow after 10pm, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Breezy, with a west wind 8 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: A slight chance of showers before 10am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 54. North wind 7 to 14 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. 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 35. East wind around 14 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Blustery, with a northwest wind 20 to 24 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy, with a northwest wind 13 to 18 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming south after midnight.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 51. Southwest wind 7 to 13 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. North wind 10 to 13 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Northeast wind 9 to 13 mph.

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Hail is a form of precipitation which is recognized by large solid balls or clumps of ice. Hail is created by thunderstorm clouds with strong updrafts of wind. As the hailstones remain in the updraft, ice is deposited onto them until their weight becomes heavy enough for them to fall to the earth's surface.

Hail storms can cause significant damage to crops, aircrafts, and man-made structures, despite the fact that the duration is usually less than ten minutes.

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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.

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