Forecast Details for Birchdale, MN

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Tonight: Clear, with a low around 49. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Sunday: A slight chance of showers between 3pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 79. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1am and 4am, then showers likely after 4am. Low around 59. Southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday: A slight chance of showers before 7am, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 7am and 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. South wind around 5 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.
Tuesday: A chance of showers before 10am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10am and 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 77. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
Wednesday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy, with a southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Breezy, with a west wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Thursday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
Friday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday Night: A slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
Saturday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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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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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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