Forecast Details for Scott Air Force Base, IL

Recent Locations: Scott Air Force Base, IL

Today: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 80. Breezy, with a south wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after midnight. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 63. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. West wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 81. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 61.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64.

Thursday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.

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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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