Weather Alerts for Minnesota

Recent Locations: Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, MN

Current Alerts for Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, MN: Extreme Heat Warning Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severe Thunderstorm Watch

1. Extreme Heat Warning for: Lac Qui Parle; Yellow Medicine; Redwood; Brown; Nicollet; Watonwan; Blue Earth; Waseca; Martin; Faribault

2. Extreme Heat Warning for: Lincoln; Lyon; Murray; Cottonwood; Nobles; Jackson; Pipestone; Beadle; Kingsbury; Brookings; Moody

3. Extreme Heat Warning for: Pine; Douglas; Bayfield; Ashland; Burnett; Washburn; Sawyer

4. Extreme Heat Warning for: Stevens; Pope; Sherburne; Isanti; Chisago; Swift; Chippewa; Kandiyohi; Meeker; Wright; Hennepin; Anoka; Ramsey; Washington; Renville; McLeod; Sibley; Carver; Scott; Dakota; Le Sueur; Rice

5. Flash Flood Warning for: Stevens, MN

6. Flood Warning for: Big Stone, MN; Traverse, MN

7. Flood Watch for: North St. Louis; Northern Cook/Northern Lake; Central St. Louis; Southern Lake/North Shore; Southern Cook/North Shore; South Itasca; Northern Aitkin; South Aitkin; Carlton/South St. Louis; Pine; Douglas; Bayfield; Burnett; Washburn

8. Heat Advisory for: Central St. Louis; North Cass; South Itasca

9. Heat Advisory for: Clay; Wilkin; West Otter Tail; East Otter Tail; Wadena; Grant; Cass; Ransom; Sargent; Richland

10. Heat Advisory for: Douglas; Todd; Morrison; Mille Lacs; Kanabec; Stearns; Benton; Goodhue; Polk; Barron; Rusk; St. Croix; Pierce; Dunn; Pepin; Chippewa; Eau Claire

11. Heat Advisory for: Lac Qui Parle; Yellow Medicine; Redwood; Brown; Nicollet; Watonwan; Blue Earth; Waseca; Martin; Faribault

12. Heat Advisory for: Lincoln; Lyon; Murray; Cottonwood; Nobles; Jackson; Pipestone; Beadle; Kingsbury; Brookings; Moody

13. Heat Advisory for: South Cass; Crow Wing; Northern Aitkin; South Aitkin; Carlton/South St. Louis; Iron; Price

14. Heat Advisory for: Steele; Freeborn

15. Heat Advisory for: Steele; Freeborn

16. Heat Advisory for: Traverse; Big Stone; Brown; Marshall; Roberts; Edmunds; Day; Faulk; Spink; Clark; Codington; Grant; Hamlin; Deuel; Sully

17. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: Big Stone, MN; Traverse, MN

18. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: Carver, MN; Northwest Hennepin, MN; Northeast Hennepin, MN; West Hennepin, MN; Central Hennepin, MN; South Hennepin, MN; Wright, MN

19. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: Chippewa, MN; Lac qui Parle, MN

20. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: Kandiyohi, MN; Pope, MN; Stearns, MN; Swift, MN

21. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Aitkin, MN; Carlton, MN; Cass, MN; Cook, MN; Crow Wing, MN; Itasca, MN; Koochiching, MN; Lake, MN; Pine, MN; St. Louis, MN; Douglas, WI

22. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Anoka, MN; Benton, MN; Blue Earth, MN; Brown, MN; Carver, MN; Chippewa, MN; Chisago, MN; Dakota, MN; Douglas, MN; Faribault, MN; Freeborn, MN; Hennepin, MN; Isanti, MN; Kanabec, MN; Kandiyohi, MN; Lac qui Parle, MN; Le Sueur, MN; McLeod, MN; Martin, MN; Meeker, MN; Mille Lacs, MN; Morrison, MN; Nicollet, MN; Pope, MN; Ramsey, MN; Redwood, MN; Renville, MN; Rice, MN; Scott, MN; Sherburne, MN; Sibley, MN; Stearns, MN; Steele, MN; Stevens, MN; Swift, MN; Todd, MN; Waseca, MN; Washington, MN; Watonwan, MN; Wright, MN; Yellow Medicine, MN

23. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Big Stone, MN; Traverse, MN; Clark, SD; Codington, SD; Deuel, SD; Grant, SD; Hamlin, SD; Roberts, SD

24. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Cottonwood, MN; Jackson, MN; Lincoln, MN; Lyon, MN; Murray, MN; Nobles, MN; Pipestone, MN; Rock, MN; Brookings, SD; Davison, SD; Hanson, SD; Kingsbury, SD; Lake, SD; McCook, SD; Miner, SD; Minnehaha, SD; Moody, SD; Sanborn, SD

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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