Forecast Details for Fox Lake, WI

Recent Locations: Birmingham, AL Aurora, IL Fox Lake, WI

Overnight: Snow. Low around 25. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Friday: A chance of snow before 7am, then a chance of flurries between 7am and 9am. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a temperature rising to near 31 by 9am, then falling to around 22 during the remainder of the day. Blustery, with a north wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 2. Wind chill values between -5 and zero. North wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 18. Wind chill values between -5 and 5. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the evening.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. South wind around 5 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 37. Southwest wind around 5 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain and snow after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a low around 25. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 31.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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