Forecast Details for Byron, IL

Recent Locations: Micro, NC Singer, LA Byron, IL

Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly after 10pm. Low around 38. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. High near 69. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 25 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Low around 43. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 48. East wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday: Scattered showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Breezy.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 52.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 52.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 58.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

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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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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