Forecast Details for Farmington, MN

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Current Alerts for Farmington, MN: Winter Storm Warning

This Afternoon: A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 48. East wind around 15 mph.

Tonight: Rain showers, snow showers, and sleet before 3am, then freezing rain and sleet between 3am and 4am, then sleet after 4am. The sleet could be heavy at times. Low around 31. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 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: Freezing rain and sleet before 8am, then rain showers, freezing rain, and sleet between 8am and 10am, then rain showers after 10am. High near 37. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 7pm. Cloudy, with a low around 28. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 44. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 34. East northeast wind around 10 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of rain showers before 5pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 47. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. North northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 46. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Next Topic: Contrails

Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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Cumulonimbus Clouds Next Topic: Cumulus Clouds

The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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