Forecast Details for Mather, WI

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Current Alerts for Mather, WI: Flood Watch

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. Northwest wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers before 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Northwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming clear, with a low around 15. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A chance of snow showers before 1am, then rain likely, possibly mixed with snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Southeast wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 1pm, then rain showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. West wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. West wind 7 to 9 mph.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain showers before 1am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northeast wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 51. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. North wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight.

Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

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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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