Forecast Details for Lake Tomahawk, WI

Recent Locations: Cedar Bluff, AL Uniontown, AL Lake Tomahawk, WI

Current Alerts for Lake Tomahawk, WI: Winter Storm Warning

Tonight: A chance of snow before 5am, then snow and sleet likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Snow, freezing rain, and sleet, becoming all sleet after 2pm. The sleet could be heavy at times. High near 36. East wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.2 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of around an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain and snow likely before 1am, then a slight chance of freezing rain between 1am and 4am, then a slight chance of snow and freezing rain after 4am. Cloudy, with a low around 27. East wind 7 to 11 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A 10 percent chance of snow before 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. North northwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Rain before 10pm, then rain or freezing rain between 10pm and 1am, then freezing rain after 1am. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 29. East wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday: Rain likely before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 39.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 15.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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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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