Forecast Details for Orchard, IA

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Today: A 10 percent chance of showers after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy, with a west wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Blustery, with a northwest wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 41. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 21. North wind 6 to 15 mph becoming northeast after midnight.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Southeast wind 6 to 14 mph.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers before 1am, then rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Breezy, with a southeast wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Breezy, with a west wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Northeast wind around 7 mph.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 53. East wind 6 to 8 mph.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. East wind around 10 mph.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. Southeast wind 9 to 13 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are smaller than raindrops.

Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle, a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface. Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can potentially result in hazardous road conditions.

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