Forecast Details for Minonk, IL

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Current Alerts for Minonk, IL: Wind Advisory

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. South southeast wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Sunday: Rain and thunderstorms likely, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. High near 63. Windy, with a south wind 21 to 26 mph increasing to 27 to 32 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 46 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Rain before 10pm, then rain and snow between 10pm and 11pm, then snow after 11pm. Patchy blowing snow after 11pm. Low around 20. Wind chill values between 3 and 13. Windy, with a west southwest wind 26 to 30 mph becoming northwest in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 47 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Monday: A 50 percent chance of snow before 1pm. Widespread blowing snow, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 24. Wind chill values between zero and 5. Windy, with a west northwest wind around 30 mph, with gusts as high as 46 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 8. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 14 to 19 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 27. West northwest wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday Night: Snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. South wind 8 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 69.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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