Forecast Details for Independence, WI

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Current Alerts for Independence, WI: Flood Warning

Today: Sunny, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 55. Southeast wind 5 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. High near 76. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10pm, then showers likely between 10pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 10am, then a slight chance of snow showers between 10am and 4pm, then a slight chance of rain showers after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 44. Breezy, with a west wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: A 10 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Northwest wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 60. Light southeast wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. South wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 70. West wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 44. Southwest wind around 6 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Southwest wind 5 to 9 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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