Forecast Details for Baxter, IA

Recent Locations: Wishram, WA Pesotum, IL Baxter, IA

Today: A slight chance of showers before 1pm, then a chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers before 10pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 4am, then showers after 4am. Low around 41. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Thursday: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 7am. High near 64. Windy, with a southeast wind 15 to 21 mph becoming 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 37. Breezy, with a west wind 12 to 17 mph becoming northwest 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 65. East wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. 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 thunderstorms likely before 10pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Windy.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Windy.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 52. Breezy.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53.

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Weather Topic: What are Altocumulus Clouds?

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Similar to cirrocumulus clouds, altocumulus clouds are characterized by cloud patches. They are distinguished by larger cloudlets than cirrocumulus clouds but are still smaller than stratocumulus clouds.

Altocumulus clouds most commonly form in middle altitudes (between 2 and 5 km) and may resemble, at times, the shape of a flying saucer. These uncommon formations, called altocumulus lenticularis, are created by uplift in the atmosphere and are most often seen in close proximity to mountains.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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