Forecast Details for Richland Center, WI

Recent Locations: Richland Center, WI  
Today: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Steady temperature around 56. East wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tonight: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 3am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3am. Steady temperature around 57. East wind 7 to 13 mph becoming south after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Breezy, with a southwest wind 9 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 43. West wind 6 to 14 mph.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 73. South wind 5 to 13 mph.
Tuesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 4am, then a chance of showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 18 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. West wind around 11 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. East wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. East wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Northeast wind 11 to 13 mph.
Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Northeast wind 13 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. West wind around 15 mph.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Breezy, with a west wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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