Forecast Details for Backus, MN

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Current Alerts for Backus, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Tonight: Snow and sleet, becoming all snow after 4am. Patchy blowing snow before midnight, then patchy blowing snow after 5am. Low around 29. Windy, with an east wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Wednesday: Snow before 8am, then snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain between 8am and 11am, then snow after 11am. Patchy blowing snow before 7am. High near 35. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Wednesday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. North wind around 5 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. North wind around 5 mph.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Friday Night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 6. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 21. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 3. Northwest wind around 5 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 18. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -4. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 20. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 7. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Tuesday: A slight chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 28. Southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?

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Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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