Forecast Details for Sanborn, MN

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Current Alerts for Sanborn, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: A slight chance of rain and snow between noon and 1pm, then a chance of rain. Increasing clouds, with a high near 45. East wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tonight: Rain and sleet before 4am, then rain or freezing rain between 4am and 5am, then freezing rain after 5am. Low around 31. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 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: Rain and freezing rain, possibly mixed with sleet, becoming all rain after noon. High near 34. East northeast wind around 15 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Cloudy, with a low around 27. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: Snow showers likely before 9am, then freezing rain likely between 9am and 11am, then rain showers after 11am. Some thunder is also possible. High near 39. Northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Rain showers likely before 2am, then a chance of snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Cloudy, with a low around 29. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 45. Northwest wind around 15 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. West southwest wind around 10 mph.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. North wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

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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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