Weather Alerts for Wisconsin

Recent Locations: Papillion, NE Lodi, CA Chili, WI

Current Alerts for Chili, WI: Wind Advisory Winter Storm Watch
Winter Weather Advisory

1. High Wind Warning for: Marquette; Green Lake; Fond Du Lac; Sheboygan; Sauk; Columbia; Dodge; Washington; Ozaukee; Iowa; Dane; Jefferson; Waukesha; Milwaukee; Lafayette; Green; Rock; Walworth; Racine; Kenosha

2. High Wind Warning for: Vernon; Crawford; Richland; Grant

3. Wind Advisory for: Taylor; Clark; Buffalo; Trempealeau; Jackson; La Crosse; Monroe; Juneau; Adams

4. Wind Advisory for: Wood; Portage; Waupaca; Outagamie; Brown; Kewaunee; Waushara; Winnebago; Calumet; Manitowoc

5. Winter Storm Warning for: Price

6. Winter Storm Warning for: Taylor

7. Winter Storm Warning for: Vilas; Oneida; Forest; Florence; Northern Marinette County; Lincoln; Langlade; Menominee; Northern Oconto County; Southern Marinette County

8. Winter Storm Watch for: Buffalo; Trempealeau; Jackson; La Crosse; Monroe; Juneau; Adams; Vernon; Crawford; Richland; Grant

9. Winter Storm Watch for: Clark

10. Winter Storm Watch for: Door; Southern Oconto County

11. Winter Storm Watch for: Marathon; Shawano

12. Winter Storm Watch for: Marquette; Green Lake; Fond Du Lac; Sheboygan; Sauk; Columbia; Dodge; Washington; Ozaukee; Iowa; Dane; Jefferson; Waukesha; Milwaukee; Lafayette; Green; Rock; Walworth; Racine; Kenosha

13. Winter Storm Watch for: Polk; Barron; St. Croix; Pierce; Dunn; Pepin; Chippewa; Eau Claire

14. Winter Storm Watch for: Rusk

15. Winter Storm Watch for: Taylor

16. Winter Storm Watch for: Vilas; Oneida; Forest; Florence; Northern Marinette County; Lincoln; Langlade; Menominee; Northern Oconto County; Southern Marinette County

17. Winter Storm Watch for: Wood; Portage; Waupaca; Outagamie; Brown; Kewaunee; Waushara; Winnebago; Calumet; Manitowoc

18. Winter Weather Advisory for: Clark

19. Winter Weather Advisory for: Door; Southern Oconto County

20. Winter Weather Advisory for: Marathon; Shawano

21. Winter Weather Advisory for: Rusk

22. Winter Weather Advisory for: Washburn; Sawyer

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Next Topic: Rain

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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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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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