Forecast Details for Bethany, IL

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Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 3am. Low around 59. South wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm. Temperature falling to around 53 by 5pm. West wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 36. West northwest wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. West northwest wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. West wind 7 to 9 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 56. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northwest wind around 11 mph becoming north northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51.

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

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Breezy.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 71. Breezy.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52.

Friday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 73.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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