Forecast Details for Dowell, IL

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Current Alerts for Dowell, IL: Flood Warning

Today: Sunny, with a high near 79. Southwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 55. South southwest wind 6 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 80. South wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers between 1am and 4am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 76. South southwest wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. North northeast wind 6 to 8 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. North northeast wind 3 to 5 mph.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. East southeast wind 6 to 9 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. East southeast wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Monday: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. South southwest wind 8 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 73. West northwest wind 8 to 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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