Forecast Details for Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, MN

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Current Alerts for Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, MN: Freeze Warning
Tonight: A chance of flurries before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. West northwest wind around 15 mph.
Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48. West northwest wind around 15 mph.
Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 35. West wind 5 to 15 mph.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 61. West northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest after midnight.
Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Monday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Breezy, with a south wind 20 to 25 mph becoming west southwest 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 60. Northeast wind around 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. Southeast wind around 10 mph.
Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Southeast wind around 15 mph.
Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Southeast wind around 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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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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