Forecast Details for Dresser, WI

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Overnight: Clear, with a low around 43. East wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 79. South southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. South southeast wind around 15 mph.

Thursday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 4am, then a chance of showers after 4am. Low around 47. South wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 62. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Light east southeast wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Sunday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. East southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59. East southeast wind around 15 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. North northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

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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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