Forecast Details for Sauk Rapids, MN

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Overnight: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. Southwest wind around 10 mph.

Friday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 64. West southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Friday Night: Showers, mainly after 2am. Low around 44. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: Showers likely, mainly before 7am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 61. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 66. North wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. 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 55. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Tuesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Breezy, with a south southwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. West southwest 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 60. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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