Forecast Details for Davis, IL

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This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 68. Windy, with a south wind 25 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers between 1am and 3am. Low around 44. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 61. West wind around 10 mph.

Thursday Night: Showers before 1am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 1am and 4am, then showers after 4am. Low around 42. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming northeast in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 56.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.

Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Breezy.

Sunday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Breezy.

Monday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tuesday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

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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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