Forecast Details for Cairo, IL

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Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 2am and 3am. Partly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 69. South southwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. South southwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 71. South southwest wind 10 to 13 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. North northwest wind 3 to 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 62. Light northwest wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 66. Calm wind becoming north northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. Calm wind becoming north around 6 mph after midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Northeast wind around 8 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. East northeast wind around 6 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 69. East southeast wind 6 to 9 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 51. South wind around 7 mph.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 75. South wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

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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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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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