Forecast Details for Watertown, WI

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Today: Showers likely, mainly before 7am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Windy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a chance of showers between 1am and 3am. Low around 41. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 58. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: Showers. Low around 39. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

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

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. Calm wind.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Light east wind becoming southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75.

Monday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 59.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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