Forecast Details for Fairchild, WI

Recent Locations: Fairchild, WI

This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. West wind around 5 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 5 mph after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 72. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of showers, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 54. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 15 to 20 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.

Tuesday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 70. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. North northeast wind around 15 mph.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. North wind around 15 mph.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. North wind around 15 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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