Forecast Details for Washburn, WI

Recent Locations: Bennington, IN Theodore, AL Washburn, WI

This Afternoon: Snow before 3pm, then snow and sleet. Steady temperature around 29. Windy, with a northeast wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow and sleet accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Tonight: Snow and sleet before 2am, then a slight chance of snow between 2am and 3am. Low around 29. Windy, with a northeast wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of around an inch possible.

Friday: A slight chance of rain between 3pm and 4pm, then a chance of sleet. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Breezy, with a north wind 5 to 15 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: Rain, snow, freezing rain, and sleet likely before 1am, then rain, snow, and freezing rain between 1am and 4am, then rain and snow after 4am. Low around 31. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday: Snow, possibly mixed with rain. High near 35. Breezy, with an east wind around 15 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 7pm, then a chance of snow between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain before 1am, then a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. West wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Monday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. North wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of snow before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. North wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 36. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the morning.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Breezy, with a south wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. Breezy, with a south wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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