Forecast Details for Benton, IL

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Current Alerts for Benton, IL: Heat Advisory

This Afternoon: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 91. West northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 73. Light and variable wind.

Friday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 74. Light south wind.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 92. Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. South southwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 94. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 76. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 95. South southwest wind 3 to 7 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 77. South wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tuesday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Sunny, with a high near 96. South southwest wind 5 to 7 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 77. South wind 3 to 6 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 97. Southwest wind 3 to 7 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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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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