Forecast Details for Audubon, MN

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Current Alerts for Audubon, MN: Air Quality Alert

Today: Areas of smoke before 9am. Sunny, with a high near 78. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Increasing clouds, with a low around 65. Southeast wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 81. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 67. South wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: A slight chance of thunderstorms before 7am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. South wind 6 to 9 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Northeast wind around 8 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a slight chance of showers between 7am and 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. East northeast wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. East wind around 10 mph.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. East southeast wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. East southeast wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. East southeast wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. East southeast wind 7 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 76. East southeast wind 7 to 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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