Forecast Details for Avoca, IA

Recent Locations: Center Cross, VA Crosby, MN Avoca, IA

This Afternoon: A 20 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 45. Breezy, with a west northwest wind around 24 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Tonight: Areas of frost after 2am. Otherwise, cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 28. West northwest wind 7 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Areas of frost before 10am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 59. West northwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Sunday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 31. West northwest wind around 7 mph becoming north after midnight.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. North wind 6 to 10 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 10pm, then a chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 25. East wind 7 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday: A chance of snow before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 44. East southeast wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Breezy, with a southeast wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Windy, with a south wind 23 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. West southwest wind 9 to 16 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Thursday: Rain and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. East northeast wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Thursday Night: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. East wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Friday: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 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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