Forecast Details for Fort Ripley, MN

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Current Alerts for Fort Ripley, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: A 10 percent chance of rain after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight: A chance of rain before 8pm, then a chance of rain and snow between 8pm and 9pm, then snow likely after 9pm. Cloudy, with a low around 28. Breezy, with an east wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Thursday: Snow before 11am, then snow and sleet. High near 35. Breezy, with an east wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Thursday Night: Snow and sleet before 10pm, then a chance of snow between 10pm and 1am. Low around 24. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A chance of snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 1pm, then rain and snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Snow, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 10pm. Low around 28. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Saturday: Snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a north wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Blustery, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 41. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. West wind around 5 mph.

Monday: A chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. North wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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