Forecast Details for Fairmont, MN

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Today: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 27 by 5pm. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 12. North northwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 31. Breezy, with a south wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest in the morning.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 51. Southwest wind around 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. East southeast wind around 10 mph becoming north northwest after midnight.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain before 4pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 4pm and 5pm, then a slight chance of snow after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain before 7pm, then a slight chance of snow between 7pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. North northwest wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. North wind around 5 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 37. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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