Forecast Details for Wauconda, IL

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Current Alerts for Wauconda, IL: Flood Warning Hydrologic Outlook

Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms before 3am, then a chance of showers. Low around 42. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A 10 percent chance of showers before 7am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 49. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday Night: Areas of frost after 2am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 32. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Areas of frost before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 49. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: Widespread frost, mainly after 1am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 31.

Monday: Widespread frost, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 55.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76.

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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

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Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds

Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes (between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes water vapor to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.

In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.

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