Forecast Details for Loves Park, IL

Recent Locations: Loves Park, IL

This Afternoon: Isolated showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly sunny early, then becoming cloudy, with a high near 79. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4am. Low around 60. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 7am and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. High near 72. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10pm. Low around 61. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 74.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.

Wednesday: A chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56.

Thursday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 65.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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