Forecast Details for Goodfield, IL

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Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Sunday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 61. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Monday: A chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 4pm, then a chance of showers after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. South southwest wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. West southwest wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 77. South wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80.

Wednesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60.

Thursday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 67.

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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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