Forecast Details for Mentor, MN

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Tonight: Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Light northwest wind increasing to 8 to 13 mph in the evening.

Sunday: A chance of rain and snow before 2pm, then a chance of rain between 2pm and 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. West wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. North northwest wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 24. North northwest wind 10 to 13 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 10. North northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 32. South wind 7 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain and snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 20 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow before 1pm, then a chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 20 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northwest wind 13 to 18 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 35. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. East northeast wind around 6 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Friday: A slight chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 40. South southeast wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. East wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. Southeast wind 7 to 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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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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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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