Forecast Details for Essig, MN

Recent Locations: Essig, MN  
This Afternoon: Increasing clouds, with a high near 71. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers after 2am. Low around 45. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Saturday: Showers likely, mainly before 9am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 67. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 55. Breezy, with a southeast wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Breezy, with a south southwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 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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