Forecast Details for Dakota, MN

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Tonight: Scattered rain and snow showers before 8pm, then scattered snow showers between 8pm and 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. West wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 52. Northwest wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 42. Northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 19. North wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A chance of snow showers before 1am, then rain and snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Breezy, with a south wind 8 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: Showers likely, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 64. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Southwest wind 9 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 54. Northwest wind around 8 mph.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. North wind around 7 mph becoming east after midnight.

Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. East wind around 8 mph.

Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. South wind around 7 mph.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Southeast wind 6 to 8 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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