Forecast Details for Barnum, MN

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Current Alerts for Barnum, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: Cloudy, with a high near 37. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight: A chance of rain and snow before 1am, then snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 25. Breezy, with an east wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Thursday: Snow before 1pm, then snow, freezing rain, and sleet. High near 33. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Thursday Night: Snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 10pm, then snow and sleet likely between 10pm and 1am, then a slight chance of snow after 1am. Low around 24. Blustery, with a northeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A 50 percent chance of snow after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 38. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Snow, freezing rain, and sleet likely before 1am, then snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain. Low around 27. Northeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Saturday: Snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain, becoming all snow after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Northeast wind around 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of snow, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 42. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind around 5 mph.

Monday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. North wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

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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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