Forecast Details for Plainfield, IL

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Current Alerts for Plainfield, IL: Flood Advisory Wind Advisory
Winter Weather Advisory

Tonight: Rain, snow, and sleet, becoming all snow after midnight. Patchy blowing snow after 2am. Low around 23. Windy, with a northwest wind 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Monday: Snow, mainly before 4pm. Patchy blowing snow. Temperature falling to around 22 by 5pm. Windy, with a west northwest wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Monday Night: Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 10. Wind chill values as low as -4. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 24. Wind chill values as low as -4. West northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: Snow showers likely, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 20. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 42.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 63.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 56.

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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds

Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes (between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes water vapor to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.

In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.

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