Forecast Details for Wadsworth, IL

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Current Alerts for Wadsworth, IL: Fire Weather Watch

Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Sunny, with a high near 84. Windy, with a south southwest wind 10 to 20 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Breezy, with a west wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. West northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

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

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56.

Monday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.

Tuesday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Breezy.

Tuesday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Wednesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 56.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59.

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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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