Forecast Details for Anita, IA

Recent Locations: Rockville, NE Moorefield, WV Anita, IA

Current Alerts for Anita, IA: Red Flag Warning

Today: Sunny, with a high near 63. Windy, with a west wind 18 to 23 mph decreasing to 11 to 16 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. West wind 5 to 11 mph becoming east northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow before noon, then a chance of rain between noon and 3pm, then a chance of rain and snow after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 13 to 17 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: Snow likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Wind chill values as low as 5. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 31. West northwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 15.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 31.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 11.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 30.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 7.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 32.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 18.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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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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