Forecast Details for Granite Falls, MN

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Current Alerts for Granite Falls, MN: Dense Fog Advisory

Tonight: Patchy dense fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 35. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: A chance of drizzle, mainly after noon. Patchy dense fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 43. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of drizzle before midnight. Patchy fog before 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph after midnight.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. West southwest wind around 5 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 42. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph in the morning.

Sunday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 24. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 34. Light northeast wind becoming north northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow before midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 20. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 26. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

New Year's Day: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 22. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 9. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 18. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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