Forecast Details for Big Bend, WI

Recent Locations: Sheffield, AL Hamilton, MT Big Bend, WI

Today: A chance of sprinkles before 8am. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 62. Light and variable wind becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 61. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. East wind around 10 mph.

Monday: Showers likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers. Low around 49. Southeast wind around 15 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 58.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 57.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 56.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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