Forecast Details for Prior Lake, MN

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Current Alerts for Prior Lake, MN: Winter Storm Warning

Tonight: Rain showers, snow showers, and sleet before 3am, then freezing rain and sleet, possibly mixed with snow showers. Low around 32. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Rain showers, freezing rain, and sleet, becoming all rain after 10am. High near 37. East northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain showers likely before midnight, then a chance of snow showers between midnight and 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 28. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday: A slight chance of freezing rain before 9am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 9am and 10am, then rain showers after 10am. Some thunder is also possible. High near 43. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Rain showers before 5am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 34. East northeast wind around 10 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 8am, then a chance of rain showers between 8am and 4pm, then a chance of snow showers after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 46. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 44. North northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 46. East northeast wind around 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. South southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Fog?

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Fog is technically a type of stratus cloud, which lies along the ground and obscures visibility.

It is usually created when humidity in the air condenses into tiny water droplets. Because of this, some places are more prone to foggy weather, such as regions close to a body of water.

Fog is similar to mist; both are the appearance of water droplets suspended in the air, but fog is the term applied to the condition when visibility is less than 1 km.

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Weather Topic: What is Freezing Rain?

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Freezing rain is a condition where precipitation which has fallen in the form of water droplets reaches temperatures which are below freezing and freezes upon coming into contact with surface objects. The result of this precipitation is a glaze of ice which can be damaging to plants and man-made structures. A severe onset of freezing rain which results in a very thick glaze of ice is known as an ice storm.

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