Forecast Details for Granite Falls, MN

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Current Alerts for Granite Falls, MN: Air Quality Alert Flood Warning

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm. Areas of smoke before 9pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Areas of smoke after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Saturday Night: Areas of smoke. Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming south after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 88. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 62. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 87. Light and variable wind becoming south southeast 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. South southeast wind around 10 mph.

Tuesday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. South wind around 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. North wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. North northeast wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Altocumulus Clouds?

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Similar to cirrocumulus clouds, altocumulus clouds are characterized by cloud patches. They are distinguished by larger cloudlets than cirrocumulus clouds but are still smaller than stratocumulus clouds.

Altocumulus clouds most commonly form in middle altitudes (between 2 and 5 km) and may resemble, at times, the shape of a flying saucer. These uncommon formations, called altocumulus lenticularis, are created by uplift in the atmosphere and are most often seen in close proximity to mountains.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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