Forecast Details for Muscatine, IA

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Current Alerts for Muscatine, IA: Tornado Watch Wind Advisory

This Afternoon: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could be severe. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy, with a south wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Some of the storms could be severe. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Light east wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 7pm and 1am, then showers likely after 1am. Low around 44. Southeast wind around 10 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 28.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50.

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

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 66.

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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.

Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds

Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes (between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes water vapor to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.

In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.

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