Forecast Details for Highwood, IL

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Current Alerts for Highwood, IL: Flood Watch Wind Advisory

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely before midnight, then isolated showers between midnight and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 41 by 5pm. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Temperature falling to near 39 by 8pm, then rising to around 49 during the remainder of the night. East northeast wind around 15 mph becoming southeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Breezy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 49.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 49.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47.

Thursday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 61.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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