Forecast Details for Ripon, WI

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Tonight: Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 51. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Tuesday: Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 77. Light southwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 68. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 42. Northwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. West wind 10 to 15 mph.

Thursday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 62. West wind 10 to 15 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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