Forecast Details for Randolph, WI

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Today: Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 53. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 3am. Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 34. East wind around 5 mph.

Thursday: Rain likely, mainly before noon. Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 46. East wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain after 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 37. Southeast wind around 5 mph.

Friday: Rain, with thunderstorms also possible after 9am. High near 62. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Rain before 9pm, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm between 9pm and midnight, then rain after midnight. Low around 39. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of rain before noon. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 67.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly clear, with a low around 44.

Tuesday: Rain likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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