Forecast Details for Elgin, IL

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Overnight: Cloudy, with a steady temperature around 39. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers before noon, then a slight chance of showers after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 44. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 40. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 70. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 15 to 20 mph becoming south 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday: A chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 49. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday: Showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. Breezy.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Breezy.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Breezy.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31.

Monday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 55.

Monday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47.

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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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