Forecast Details for Bird Island, MN

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Current Alerts for Bird Island, MN: Freeze Warning

This Afternoon: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy, with a west northwest wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 49. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph.

Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 30. West wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 60. West wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight.

Monday: Showers likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 33. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 60. South southeast wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Southeast wind around 10 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 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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