Forecast Details for Pleasant Plains, IL

Recent Locations: Hines, IL Greeley, IA Pleasant Plains, IL

Today: Rain likely, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 53. South southeast wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Rain, mainly before midnight. Patchy fog after 2am. Low around 41. Southeast wind around 8 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday: Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 58. Northeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 38. Calm wind becoming south southwest around 6 mph after midnight.

Washington's Birthday: Partly sunny, with a high near 61. South southwest wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. South wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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