Forecast Details for Townsend, WI

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Tonight: A chance of sprinkles between 11pm and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. South southwest wind 3 to 5 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Heat index values as high as 88. Southwest wind 3 to 8 mph.

Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 80. Calm wind becoming west southwest around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 4am, then a chance of showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. Light northeast wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4pm, then a slight chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Monday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 72.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 79.

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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 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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