Forecast Details for Pleasant Plains, IL

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Current Alerts for Pleasant Plains, IL: Frost Advisory

This Afternoon: Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.

Tonight: Areas of frost after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 34. Northeast wind 5 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Monday: Areas of frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 63. Light and variable wind becoming south southeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 48. South southeast wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 78. Southwest wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. Southwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. West southwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 17 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 59.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 60. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74.

Friday Night: A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 48.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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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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