Forecast Details for Stuart, IA

Recent Locations: Delafield, WI Dunedin, FL Stuart, IA

Today: Snow showers likely before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 1pm and 3pm, then a chance of rain showers after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 39. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to near 36 by 8pm, then rising to around 42 during the remainder of the night. Windy, with a southeast wind 15 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Windy, with a south wind 22 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. West wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. North northwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers. Low around 40. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59.

Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43.

Saturday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 57. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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