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Areas of Excessive Rainfall and Severe Thunderstorms; Typhoon Watch for Guam/CNMI

Heavy to excessive rainfall will continue today from the Texas Big Bend region into southern Oklahoma. Locally considerable flash and urban flooding is possible, and river flooding will continue in central Oklahoma. Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible in parts of the Mid-Atlantic Friday. A Typhoon Watch has been issued for Guam and CNMI. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Creston Municipal Airport (KCSQ)

Lat: 41.02°NLon: 94.36°WElev: 1289ft.

Fog/Mist and Breezy

54°F

12°C

Humidity 100%
Wind Speed NW 21 mph
Barometer 29.98 in
Dewpoint 54°F (12°C)
Visibility 1.75 mi
Wind Chill49°F (9°C)
Last update 15 Oct 2:55 pm CDT
Extended Forecast for

Ellston IA

Freeze Watch October 17, 01:00am until October 17, 09:00am
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Freeze Watch

  • This Afternoon

    This Afternoon: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 4pm, then a chance of showers. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 57. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

    High: 57 °F

    Showers
    Likely and
    Breezy

  • Tonight

    Tonight: A 10 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 42. Breezy, with a northwest wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

    Low: 42 °F

    Breezy.
    Slight Chance
    Showers then
    Partly Cloudy

  • Friday

    Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Windy, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph.

    High: 49 °F

    Mostly Cloudy
    and Windy

  • Friday Night

    Friday Night: Widespread frost, mainly after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 31. North wind 8 to 13 mph becoming light north northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

    Low: 31 °F

    Mostly Cloudy
    then Frost

  • Saturday

    Saturday: Widespread frost, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 57. Calm wind becoming south southwest 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.

    High: 57 °F

    Frost then
    Sunny

  • Saturday Night

    Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 38.

    Low: 38 °F

    Clear

  • Sunday

    Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 65.

    High: 65 °F

    Sunny

  • Sunday Night

    Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44.

    Low: 44 °F

    Mostly Clear

  • Monday

    Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

    High: 66 °F

    Mostly Sunny

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 4pm, then a chance of showers. Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 57. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tonight
A 10 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 42. Breezy, with a northwest wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.
Friday
Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Windy, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph.
Friday Night
Widespread frost, mainly after 5am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 31. North wind 8 to 13 mph becoming light north northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.
Saturday
Widespread frost, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 57. Calm wind becoming south southwest 5 to 9 mph in the afternoon.
Saturday Night
Clear, with a low around 38.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 65.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 44.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.
Tuesday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 52.
Wednesday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.
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ABOUT THIS FORECAST

 
Point Forecast:
Ellston IA
 40.84°N 94.1°W
Last Update:
1:52 pm CDT Oct 15, 2026
Forecast Valid:
3pm CDT Oct 15, 2026-6pm CDT Oct 21, 2026
 
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