Forecast Details for Pleasant Plains, IL

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This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 58. West wind 6 to 8 mph.

Tonight: Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Southwest wind 5 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Washington's Birthday: Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 63. South southwest wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Monday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 42. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain after midnight. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 68. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 13 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of rain after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.

Friday Night: A chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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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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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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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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