Forecast Details for Washburn, WI

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Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 56. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 68. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Friday: A chance of thunderstorms before 1pm, then a slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Southwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. Southwest wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Breezy, with a northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Breezy, with a northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.

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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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