Forecast Details for Packwaukee, WI

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Current Alerts for Packwaukee, WI: Winter Weather Advisory

This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. East wind around 15 mph.

Tonight: Rain and snow before 3am, then rain or freezing rain between 3am and 4am, then freezing rain after 4am. Low around 31. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday: Rain or freezing rain, becoming all rain after 9am. Some thunder is also possible. High near 60. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and 10pm. Low around 34. Southeast wind around 10 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 51. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 7pm and 4am, then showers after 4am. Low around 38. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 51.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of snow showers after 1am, mixing with rain after 4am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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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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