Forecast Details for Milwaukee, WI

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Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain, then a chance of rain and thunderstorms after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain and thunderstorms, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 68. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of rain between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday Night: Rain and snow likely, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Breezy, with a northeast wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Rain and snow likely, becoming all rain after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 34.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Saturday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: Rain likely. Cloudy, with a low around 39. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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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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