Forecast Details for Golden, IL

Recent Locations: Hawthorne, CA Stanton, NE Golden, IL

Today: Showers before 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 4pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. High near 52. East wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 5am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Temperature rising to around 59 by 5am. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8am, then showers between 8am and 10am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. High near 73. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Southwest wind 13 to 18 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Friday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. South wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 47. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Breezy.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 54.

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

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 63.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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