Forecast Details for Prescott, IA

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Tonight: Areas of frost after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 28. Windy, with a west northwest wind 16 to 21 mph decreasing to 9 to 14 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.

Sunday: Areas of frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 59. West northwest wind 7 to 11 mph.

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

Monday: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. North wind 8 to 11 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 10pm, then a chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 25. East northeast wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tuesday: A chance of snow before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 44. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Windy.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Windy.

Wednesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Breezy.

Thursday: Showers likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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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.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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