Forecast Details for Bancroft, WI

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This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 41. South wind 5 to 7 mph.

Tonight: A chance of snow between 2am and 4am, then a chance of freezing rain after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 28. South southeast wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday: A chance of rain or freezing rain before 8am, then a chance of rain after 4pm. Some thunder is also possible. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. South wind 14 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then rain likely between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 33. Southwest wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 52. West wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.

Saturday Night: Rain, mainly after 1am. Low around 45. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 71. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 57. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

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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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