Forecast Details for Fairfax, MN

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Current Alerts for Fairfax, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: A slight chance of rain and snow between 1pm and 2pm, then a chance of rain. Increasing clouds, with a high near 45. East wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tonight: Rain, snow, and sleet before 3am, then snow, freezing rain, and sleet between 3am and 4am, then freezing rain and sleet after 4am. Low around 31. 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 less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Rain, freezing rain, and sleet, becoming all rain after noon. High near 34. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. North northwest wind around 10 mph.

Friday: A chance of freezing rain before 11am, then rain showers. Some thunder is also possible. High near 38. Northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Rain showers likely before 2am, then a chance of snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Cloudy, with a low around 29. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 43. West northwest wind around 15 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain showers between 1am and 5am, then a slight chance of snow showers after 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. North wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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