Forecast Details for Kansas, IL

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Today: A slight chance of showers between noon and 1pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy, with a south wind 13 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms before 3am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly after 3am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 51. South wind 14 to 17 mph becoming west southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 2pm. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a temperature falling to around 52 by noon. Northwest wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday Night: Patchy frost after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 36. Northwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Sunday: Patchy frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 58. West northwest wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.

Sunday Night: Patchy frost after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 36. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming east northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph.

Monday: Patchy frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 61. East wind around 6 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 55.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 56.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80.

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are smaller than raindrops.

Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle, a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface. Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can potentially result in hazardous road conditions.

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