Forecast Details for Clive, IA

Recent Locations: Phillips, ME Pathfork, KY Clive, IA

Current Alerts for Clive, IA: Wind Advisory

Today: A slight chance of showers between 3pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 73. Windy, with a south southwest wind 15 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers between midnight and 1am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 42. West wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly after 4pm. High near 59. North northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then showers likely. Low around 43. North northeast wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59. North northeast wind 6 to 9 mph.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 43.

Saturday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58.

Sunday: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Windy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Windy.

Monday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Breezy.

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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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