Forecast Details for Richmond, MN

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Current Alerts for Richmond, MN: Air Quality Alert

Tonight: Areas of smoke. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph.

Sunday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Areas of smoke before 3pm, then areas of smoke after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a chance of showers between 10pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Areas of smoke before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. South southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Southeast wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. South wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind around 5 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. South wind around 5 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 69. South southeast wind around 5 mph.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

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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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