Forecast Details for Franklin, WI

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Tonight: A chance of rain, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 33. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm before 7am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 7am and 5pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 5pm. High near 65. East wind around 15 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between 1 and 2 inches possible.

Thursday Night: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 10pm. Low around 42. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 40. Northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then a chance of showers between 10am and 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 27.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 53.

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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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