Forecast Details for Wisconsin Rapids, WI

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Current Alerts for Wisconsin Rapids, WI: Ice Storm Warning

Overnight: Freezing rain and sleet, becoming all freezing rain after 4am. Low around 30. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.3 of an inch possible. Total nighttime sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Rain or freezing rain, becoming all rain after noon. High near 40. East wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.2 to 0.4 of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain likely, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. East northeast wind 6 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Friday Night: A chance of rain and thunderstorms before 7pm, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm between 7pm and 4am, then rain after 4am. Low around 32. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 46.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 45.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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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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