Forecast Details for Amherst Junction, WI

Recent Locations: Amherst Junction, WI  
Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. Light and variable wind becoming east southeast 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight: Rain, mainly after midnight. Low around 31. East wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Saturday: Rain likely, mainly before 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. East northeast wind 8 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm after midnight.
Sunday: A 30 percent chance of rain after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Light east wind becoming east southeast 5 to 9 mph in the morning.
Sunday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Monday: Rain likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Monday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30.
Tuesday: A chance of rain and snow before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 46.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.
Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 56.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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