Forecast Details for Lake Fork, IL

Recent Locations: Fort Shaw, MT Dresser, WI Lake Fork, IL

This Afternoon: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 74. Breezy, with a south wind around 26 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 23 mph becoming west 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. East northeast wind 5 to 14 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 7pm. Low around 54. South wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: Showers likely before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Breezy, with a west wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. West northwest wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. West northwest wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

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

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 56.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 51.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

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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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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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