Forecast Details for Minocqua, WI

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Current Alerts for Minocqua, WI: Ice Storm Warning Winter Storm Watch

Overnight: A chance of snow before 5am, then a chance of snow and sleet. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: Snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 3pm, then rain, freezing rain, and sleet between 3pm and 5pm, then rain likely, possibly mixed with sleet after 5pm. The sleet could be heavy at times. High near 34. East wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.3 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain, snow, and freezing rain likely before 1am, then a slight chance of freezing rain between 1am and 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. East northeast wind 6 to 10 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. North wind around 8 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Rain before 10pm, then freezing rain. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 27. East wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday: Rain or freezing rain likely before 10am, then rain likely between 10am and 4pm, then snow likely after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: Snow likely, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42.

Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 38.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 14.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 40.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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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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