Forecast Details for Golden, IL

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Overnight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 45. Northeast wind around 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 4pm and 5pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. High near 52. East wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 5am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5am. Temperature rising to around 59 by 5am. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Thursday: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 8am, then showers between 8am and 10am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 10am. High near 73. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Southwest wind 13 to 18 mph decreasing to 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Friday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 47. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Breezy.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 54.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 63.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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