Forecast Details for Fayette, IA

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Today: Sunny, with a high near 44. Southeast wind 6 to 11 mph.

Tonight: A slight chance of snow showers between 8pm and 9pm, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Breezy, with a south wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Windy, with a south wind 22 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 37. Breezy, with a west wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. West wind 6 to 8 mph.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. North wind 6 to 8 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. North wind around 6 mph becoming east after midnight.

Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Southeast wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Southeast wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Breezy, with a south wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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