Forecast Details for Lake Delton, WI

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Current Alerts for Lake Delton, WI: Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: Rain before 4am, then rain or freezing rain. Low around 32. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible.

Thursday: Rain or freezing rain, becoming all rain after 7am. Some thunder is also possible. High near 56. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 9pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 9pm and 10pm. Low around 33. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms. Low around 37. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. South wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind around 15 mph.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 51. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 50.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 61.

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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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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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