Forecast Details for Detroit Lakes, MN

Recent Locations: Detroit Lakes, MN

Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Northwest wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph after midnight.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Southwest wind 9 to 16 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. West northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming south after midnight.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 16. Breezy, with a west wind 11 to 20 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. North wind 8 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. East southeast wind 8 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. East southeast wind 8 to 13 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. North wind around 7 mph becoming east southeast after midnight.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 49. South southeast wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. Southeast wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Friday: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

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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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