Forecast Details for Tama, IA

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Current Alerts for Tama, IA: Blizzard Warning High Wind Warning

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms, mainly after 5am. Cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 44 by 5am. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday: Rain before 3pm, then snow and sleet likely between 3pm and 4pm, then snow after 4pm. Some thunder is also possible. Patchy blowing snow after 4pm. Temperature falling to around 32 by 5pm. Windy, with a south southeast wind 14 to 19 mph becoming north northwest 28 to 33 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 46 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Sunday Night: Snow, mainly before 3am. Widespread blowing snow, mainly after 8pm. Low around 6. Wind chill values as low as -15. Very windy, with a northwest wind 33 to 37 mph, with gusts as high as 55 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of snow before 7am. Areas of blowing snow. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 14. Wind chill values as low as -15. Windy, with a northwest wind 24 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 0. Blustery, with a northwest wind 12 to 17 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of snow after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 30.

Tuesday Night: Snow likely before 1am, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 48.

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

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.

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

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.

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

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 69.

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Weather Topic: What is Drizzle?

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Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are smaller than raindrops.

Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle, a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface. Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can potentially result in hazardous road conditions.

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Weather Topic: What is Fog?

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Fog is technically a type of stratus cloud, which lies along the ground and obscures visibility.

It is usually created when humidity in the air condenses into tiny water droplets. Because of this, some places are more prone to foggy weather, such as regions close to a body of water.

Fog is similar to mist; both are the appearance of water droplets suspended in the air, but fog is the term applied to the condition when visibility is less than 1 km.

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