Forecast Details for Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, MN

Recent Locations: Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, MN  
Tonight: Cloudy, with a low around 34. East wind around 5 mph.
Sunday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. East wind 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday Night: Rain likely before 1am, then rain and snow likely between 1am and 5am, then a slight chance of snow after 5am. Cloudy, with a low around 30. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Monday: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 35. West northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 30. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 32. North wind around 5 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. North wind around 5 mph.
Thanksgiving Day: Partly sunny, with a high near 29. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. Northwest wind around 10 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 22. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 21. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation Next Topic: Rain

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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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