Forecast Details for Cataract, WI

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Current Alerts for Cataract, WI: Winter Weather Advisory

This Afternoon: Partly sunny, with a high near 49. East wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tonight: Rain showers and sleet before 3am, then rain or freezing rain between 3am and 4am, then freezing rain after 4am. Low around 30. East wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.3 of an inch possible. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

Thursday: Rain or freezing rain, becoming all rain after 10am. Some thunder is also possible. High near 49. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.2 of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Northeast wind 6 to 10 mph becoming west in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 53. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then showers likely. Low around 35. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Breezy, with a west wind 7 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northwest wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. Northwest wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. North wind 5 to 8 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 48. Light and variable wind becoming northeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning.

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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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