Forecast Details for Altura, MN

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Today: Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 54. Breezy, with a south wind 8 to 16 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. West wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 4pm. Sunny, with a high near 70. West wind 6 to 13 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Showers and thunderstorms before 4am, then a slight chance of showers. Low around 48. Breezy, with a southeast wind 11 to 18 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers before 10pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 10pm and 1am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. Breezy, with an east wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 64. Breezy, with an east wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49. Breezy, with a southeast wind 14 to 16 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Breezy, with a west wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Breezy, with a west wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. West wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. West wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. West wind 9 to 14 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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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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