Forecast Details for Shirland, IL

Recent Locations: Sun Valley, ID Thornton, AR Shirland, IL

Current Alerts for Shirland, IL: Flood Warning Flood Watch

Overnight: Scattered showers. Cloudy, with a low around 56. South southwest wind around 5 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before noon. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 70. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming southeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 10 mph.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 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 40. South wind around 15 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 9am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. Breezy.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 50.

Sunday Night: Areas of frost after 1am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 30.

Monday: Areas of frost before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 59.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 68.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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