Forecast Details for Plainfield, IL

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Current Alerts for Plainfield, IL: Wind Advisory

Overnight: A 20 percent chance of showers after 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 34. East southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 2pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 60. Windy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Rain showers before 1am, then rain and snow showers likely between 1am and 2am, then snow showers likely after 2am. Some thunder is also possible. Patchy blowing snow after 2am. Low around 23. Blustery, with a south southwest wind 20 to 25 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Monday: Snow showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Patchy blowing snow. Cloudy, with a high near 24. Windy, with a west northwest wind around 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 26.

Tuesday Night: Snow showers likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53.

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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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Weather Topic: What is Drizzle?

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Drizzle Next Topic: Evaporation

Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are smaller than raindrops.

Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle, a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface. Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can potentially result in hazardous road conditions.

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