Forecast Details for Ridgeland, WI

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Current Alerts for Ridgeland, WI: Winter Storm Warning

Today: Increasing clouds, with a high near 44. East wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Rain, snow and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain before 4am, then freezing rain and sleet, possibly mixed with snow. Low around 29. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Rain, freezing rain, and sleet before 1pm, then rain, possibly mixed with sleet between 1pm and 2pm, then rain after 2pm. High near 35. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.3 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain, mainly before 8pm. Low around 29. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 33. East northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 8am, then a chance of rain showers between 8am and 1pm, then rain and snow showers likely after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. North wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. West northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 29. West northwest wind around 5 mph.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. North northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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Weather Topic: What are Fractus Clouds?

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A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original cloud which contained them.

Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.

They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds, and are a display of wind activity.

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