Forecast Details for Butternut, WI

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Current Alerts for Butternut, WI: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Tonight: Snow before 5am, then snow and sleet. Low around 25. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Thursday: Snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 1pm, then rain, freezing rain, and sleet between 1pm and 4pm, then rain after 4pm. The sleet could be heavy at times. High near 36. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of around an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain or freezing rain before 1am, then a slight chance of freezing rain between 1am and 4am, then a slight chance of snow after 4am. Low around 26. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A slight chance of snow before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of rain after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday Night: Rain or freezing rain, becoming all freezing rain after 10pm. Low around 28. East 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 freezing rain likely, possibly mixed with snow before 1pm, then snow likely, possibly mixed with rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Monday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. North wind around 5 mph.

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

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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 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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