Forecast Details for Washburn, WI

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Tonight: Clear, with a low around 37. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 58. Light and variable wind becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of rain before 10pm, then a slight chance of rain and thunderstorms between 10pm and 4am, then a slight chance of rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: A chance of rain between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a southeast wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 50. Southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Friday: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. South wind around 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A slight chance of rain before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. East wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

Monday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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