Forecast Details for Minden, IA

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Tonight: Areas of smoke. Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.

Thursday: Areas of smoke. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Light south southwest wind becoming southwest 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Areas of smoke before 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. South southwest wind 11 to 13 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Northwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. West northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 65. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Light and variable wind.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 68. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. Southeast wind 3 to 8 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. South wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. South wind around 9 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 74. South wind 9 to 13 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. South southeast wind around 8 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. South wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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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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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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