Forecast Details for Wheeler, WI

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Current Alerts for Wheeler, WI: Winter Storm Warning

Tonight: Rain showers, snow showers and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain before 4am, then freezing rain, possibly mixed with sleet. Low around 31. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Rain showers and freezing rain, possibly mixed with sleet before 1pm, then rain showers, possibly mixed with sleet between 1pm and 2pm, then rain showers after 2pm. High near 38. East wind around 15 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: A 50 percent chance of showers before 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 29. North northeast wind around 10 mph becoming northwest in the evening. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then showers likely. Low around 35. East northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of rain showers before 5pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. North wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of rain showers after 1pm, mixing with snow after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 44. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 46. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. South southeast wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. South wind 10 to 15 mph.

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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 Next Topic: Snow

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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