Forecast Details for Smithshire, IL

Recent Locations: Pelahatchie, MS Cottondale, AL Smithshire, IL

Current Alerts for Smithshire, IL: Tornado Watch

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1am, then a slight chance of showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 76. West wind around 10 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then showers likely. Low around 42. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 52.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 57.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 68.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 73.

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

Wednesday: 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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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

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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