Forecast Details for Buckner, IL

Recent Locations: Section, AL Centenary, SC Buckner, IL

Current Alerts for Buckner, IL: Wind Advisory

This Afternoon: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Breezy, with a south wind around 24 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 4am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 65. South southwest wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. South southwest wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 61. South wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 4pm, then showers likely. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. High near 70. South southwest wind around 14 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. West northwest wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 61. Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph.

Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 38. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 64. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. North wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 57. North northeast wind around 9 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. East southeast wind 5 to 7 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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