Forecast Details for Canby, MN

Recent Locations: Canby, MN

This Afternoon: Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Breezy, with a southeast wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2am. Low around 49. Breezy, with a southeast wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday: Showers and thunderstorms before noon, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between noon and 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. High near 58. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Low around 49. East wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7am, then a chance of showers between 7am and 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 58. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. North wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 52. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 40. North wind around 15 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south after midnight.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 20 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly clear, with a low around 46. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 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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