Forecast Details for Prior Lake, MN

Recent Locations: Prior Lake, MN

Tonight: Patchy fog after 5am. Otherwise, clear, with a low around 41. West southwest wind around 5 mph.

Sunday: Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 69. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 73. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Monday Night: Showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10pm. Low around 57. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. South southwest wind around 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north after midnight.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. North wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. North wind 10 to 15 mph.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Hail?

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Hail is a form of precipitation which is recognized by large solid balls or clumps of ice. Hail is created by thunderstorm clouds with strong updrafts of wind. As the hailstones remain in the updraft, ice is deposited onto them until their weight becomes heavy enough for them to fall to the earth's surface.

Hail storms can cause significant damage to crops, aircrafts, and man-made structures, despite the fact that the duration is usually less than ten minutes.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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