Forecast Details for Butternut, WI

Recent Locations: Otisco, IN Hebron, NE Butternut, WI

Current Alerts for Butternut, WI: Winter Storm Watch Winter Weather Advisory

Tonight: Snow likely, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Snow and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain before noon, then freezing rain and sleet between noon and 2pm, then sleet after 2pm. The sleet could be heavy at times. High near 35. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of around an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain showers, snow showers, freezing rain, and sleet likely before 1am, then a slight chance of snow showers, freezing rain, and sleet between 1am and 4am, then a slight chance of snow showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Friday Night: Rain or freezing rain, becoming all freezing rain after 10pm. Low around 29. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: Rain and snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday Night: A chance of snow, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Blustery, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: A slight chance of snow after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. West wind around 5 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 15. North wind around 5 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

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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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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