Forecast Details for Tama, IA

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Current Alerts for Tama, IA: High Wind Watch Winter Storm Watch

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast 12 to 17 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Tonight: A slight chance of rain between 1am and 4am, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday: Rain before 2pm, then rain and snow between 2pm and 4pm, then snow, possibly mixed with sleet after 4pm. Some thunder is also possible. Patchy blowing snow after 4pm. Temperature rising to near 50 by 10am, then falling to around 33 during the remainder of the day. Windy, with a south southeast wind 11 to 21 mph becoming north 22 to 32 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday Night: Snow, possibly mixed with sleet, becoming all snow after 7pm. Widespread blowing snow, mainly after 9pm. Low around 7. Wind chill values as low as -10. Windy, with a northwest wind 31 to 34 mph, with gusts as high as 48 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Monday: Areas of blowing snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 15. Windy, with a northwest wind 24 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 0. Blustery.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of snow after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 27.

Tuesday Night: Snow likely before 1am, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 60.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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