Forecast Details for Mather, WI

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Current Alerts for Mather, WI: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. East wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Tonight: A chance of rain showers, snow showers, and sleet before midnight, then rain showers between midnight and 4am, then rain or freezing rain after 4am. Low around 31. Breezy, with an east wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected.

Thursday: Rain showers, freezing rain, and sleet before 8am, then rain showers, possibly mixed with sleet between 8am and 9am, then rain showers after 9am. The sleet could be heavy at times. Some thunder is also possible. High near 49. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then showers likely between 10pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Southeast wind around 10 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. West wind 6 to 8 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 35. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. East wind 8 to 14 mph becoming west in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. West wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 8 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Northeast wind around 7 mph.

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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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