Forecast Details for Unity, WI

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Current Alerts for Unity, WI: Winter Storm Warning

Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northeast wind around 7 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43. East wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Wednesday Night: Snow showers and sleet likely before 2am, then freezing rain, possibly mixed with sleet. The sleet could be heavy at times. Low around 28. Breezy, with an east wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.3 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Freezing rain, possibly mixed with sleet before 11am, then rain or freezing rain between 11am and 1pm, then rain showers after 1pm. Some thunder is also possible. High near 43. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.2 to 0.4 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then showers likely between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. East wind 11 to 13 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 32. East wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday: Showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Breezy, with an east wind 13 to 16 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. Northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Northeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Northeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

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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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