Forecast Details for Badger, MN

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Current Alerts for Badger, MN: Air Quality Alert

Today: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3pm. Areas of smoke. Increasing clouds, with a high near 81. South southwest wind 7 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 1am, then a slight chance of showers. Areas of smoke before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. West southwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday: Areas of smoke after 8am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 13 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. Northwest wind 9 to 14 mph becoming light north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming east 5 to 7 mph in the morning.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. East wind 8 to 13 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. South southeast wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. South southwest wind 8 to 14 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. West northwest wind 8 to 11 mph.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming north northeast after midnight.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Northeast wind 7 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. East wind 6 to 9 mph.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. East wind 7 to 10 mph.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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