Forecast Details for Richland Center, WI

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Current Alerts for Richland Center, WI: Flood Warning

Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Northwest wind around 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy, with a west wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Saturday Night: Widespread frost after 5am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 28. West wind 9 to 14 mph becoming light after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Sunday: A chance of flurries before 9am, then a chance of sprinkles and flurries between 9am and 10am, then a chance of sprinkles after 10am. Widespread frost before 7am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 49. Northwest wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Sunday Night: Widespread frost after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 24. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Monday: Widespread frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 57. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. South wind around 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 73. Southwest wind around 7 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 42. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 74. East wind 5 to 9 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 54. Southeast wind around 9 mph.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. South wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Thursday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. South wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Southwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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