Forecast Details for Melrose, WI

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Current Alerts for Melrose, WI: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: Increasing clouds, with a high near 50. East wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tonight: Showers, mainly after midnight. Low around 32. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday: Rain showers before 8am, then rain showers, possibly mixed with sleet between 8am and 10am, then rain showers after 10am. Some thunder is also possible. High near 50. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Southeast wind 6 to 9 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 36. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. North wind 7 to 15 mph becoming west in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. West wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Calm wind becoming northwest 5 to 8 mph in the morning.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. North wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. Northeast wind 5 to 8 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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