Forecast Details for Elmwood, WI

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Current Alerts for Elmwood, WI: Winter Storm Watch

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. North northeast wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 45. East wind 5 to 15 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain showers and sleet before 11pm, then sleet between 11pm and 1am, then sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain after 1am. The sleet could be heavy at times. Low around 31. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Rain showers and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain, becoming all rain after noon. High near 39. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.

Friday: A slight chance of freezing rain before 9am, then a slight chance of snow showers between 9am and 10am, then rain showers likely after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Rain showers before 1am, then rain and snow showers between 1am and 4am, then rain showers, snow showers, and freezing rain after 4am. Low around 32. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: Rain and snow showers likely, becoming all snow after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 43. Northwest wind around 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest after midnight.

Monday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 51. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. North wind around 10 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Northeast wind around 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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