Forecast Details for North Prairie, WI

Recent Locations: North Prairie, WI Somerville, MA Cohasset, MA

Today: Sunny, with a high near 42. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight: A slight chance of freezing rain after 3am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 27. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: A chance of freezing rain before 7am, then a chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain between midnight and 3am, then a slight chance of snow after 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and thunderstorms, then rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. East wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Rain likely, mainly before noon. Cloudy, with a high near 49. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. North wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight.

Friday: Rain. High near 60. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday Night: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 60.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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