Forecast Details for Embarrass, MN

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This Afternoon: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. East wind around 5 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday: Snow showers, mainly after 11am. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 33. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

Thursday Night: Snow showers, mainly before 1am. Low around 21. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Friday: A chance of snow showers and sleet after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday Night: A chance of snow showers, freezing rain, and sleet before 1am, then snow showers, possibly mixed with freezing rain between 1am and 4am, then snow showers after 4am. Low around 24. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Saturday: Snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: A slight chance of snow after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 35. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 7. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 38. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

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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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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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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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