Forecast Details for Hixton, WI

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Current Alerts for Hixton, WI: Ice Storm Warning

This Afternoon: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. East wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight: A chance of rain showers, snow showers, and sleet before 1am, then freezing rain, possibly mixed with sleet between 1am and 3am, then freezing rain after 3am. Low around 29. East wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.3 of an inch possible. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected.

Thursday: Rain or freezing rain, becoming all rain after 11am. Some thunder is also possible. High near 44. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.3 of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northeast wind 7 to 9 mph becoming west in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then showers likely. Low around 34. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. East wind 7 to 15 mph becoming west in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. Northwest wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. North wind 5 to 8 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 47. Light and variable wind becoming northeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

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 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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