Forecast Details for Oakland, IL

Recent Locations: Mount Laguna, CA Euclid, MN Oakland, IL

Today: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 78. West wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. South wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 52. South wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 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. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 62. West 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 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 37. West northwest wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Sunday: Patchy frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 58. West northwest wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 64.

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

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.

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Weather Topic: What is Hail?

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Hail is a form of precipitation which is recognized by large solid balls or clumps of ice. Hail is created by thunderstorm clouds with strong updrafts of wind. As the hailstones remain in the updraft, ice is deposited onto them until their weight becomes heavy enough for them to fall to the earth's surface.

Hail storms can cause significant damage to crops, aircrafts, and man-made structures, despite the fact that the duration is usually less than ten minutes.

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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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