Forecast Details for Liberty Center, IA

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Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. South wind around 11 mph.

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. High near 81. Windy, with a south wind 15 to 24 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8pm, then a chance of showers between 8pm and 10pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 36. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. West wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 61.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 69.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Breezy.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 80.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

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