Forecast Details for Osakis, MN

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Current Alerts for Osakis, MN: Air Quality Alert

Overnight: Areas of smoke. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph.

Sunday: Areas of smoke. Partly sunny, with a high near 86. West southwest wind around 5 mph.

Sunday Night: Areas of smoke. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind around 5 mph.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 90. South southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 4am, then showers likely. Low around 54. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between three quarters and one inch possible.

Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 68. North wind around 10 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 75. Northwest wind around 5 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. North wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. South wind around 5 mph.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly clear, with a low around 56. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. South wind around 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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