Forecast Details for Omaha, IL

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This Afternoon: Showers and thunderstorms likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 5pm. High near 82. Breezy, with a south wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Some of the storms could produce heavy rainfall. Low around 60. South wind 13 to 18 mph becoming west 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. West northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 7pm and 4am, then showers after 4am. Low around 56. Light and variable wind becoming north 5 to 7 mph in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. North northwest wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light north after midnight.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. North northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Calm wind.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Calm wind becoming north 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Light north wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 71. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

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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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