Forecast Details for Long Prairie, MN

Recent Locations: Long Prairie, MN  
Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 60. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Tonight: Patchy fog after 3am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 37. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Sunday: Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 65. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.
Sunday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 46. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.
Monday Night: Showers before 10pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 4am, then showers after 4am. Low around 53. Breezy, with a southeast wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tuesday: A chance of showers before 7am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7am and 1pm, then a chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 15 to 25 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. South wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. South wind 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. East southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 58. North wind 10 to 15 mph.
Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. North wind 10 to 15 mph.
Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. North wind 10 to 15 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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