Forecast Details for Chanhassen, MN

Recent Locations: Chanhassen, MN  
Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Friday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 1am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 48. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 60. North northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 68. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49. East southeast wind around 10 mph.
Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 57. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. South southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. West southwest wind around 15 mph.
Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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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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