Forecast Details for Cedar Rapids, IA

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Current Alerts for Cedar Rapids, IA: Blizzard Warning High Wind Warning

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 42 by 5am. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Rain showers before 5pm, then rain and snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Temperature rising to near 51 by 10am, then falling to around 32 during the remainder of the day. Windy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming north 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday Night: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Widespread blowing snow, mainly before 5am. Low around 10. Wind chill values as low as -5. Windy, with a north wind around 30 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of snow before 1pm. Areas of blowing snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 17. Wind chill values as low as -10. Blustery, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 3.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 28.

Tuesday Night: Snow, mainly before 1am. Low around 21. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 45.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrostratus Clouds

Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Condensation

Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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