Forecast Details for Chetek, WI

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Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 3am and 5am. Cloudy, with a low around 33. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 58. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 10 to 20 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 32. West wind around 10 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 49. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Calm wind.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Calm wind.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 59. Light southeast wind becoming south southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 48. South southeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday: Showers. High near 68. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Sunday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 57. South wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. South wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. West wind around 10 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. North northeast wind around 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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