Forecast Details for Sandoval, IL

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Today: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 11am. High near 70. Northeast wind 6 to 8 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 2am, then a slight chance of showers between 2am and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. East wind 7 to 14 mph becoming south after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Thursday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. Windy, with a south wind 18 to 23 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then showers likely between 1am and 4am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 22 mph decreasing to 11 to 16 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. South wind 10 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then showers likely. High near 66. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 55.

Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 34.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 63.

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

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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