Forecast Details for Alma, WI

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Today: Widespread fog, mainly between 7am and 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 57. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Calm wind.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. Calm wind becoming southeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Southeast wind around 7 mph. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 3pm. High near 60. Southeast wind around 7 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. West wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 49. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Southwest wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Southwest wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. South wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Southwest wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. South wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. South wind 9 to 13 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

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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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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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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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