Forecast Details for Minneapolis, MN

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Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 28. South southeast wind around 10 mph.

Monday: Cloudy, with a high near 42. South wind around 5 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 35. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light after midnight.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph after midnight.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Southeast wind around 5 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. South southeast wind around 5 mph.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 40. South wind around 5 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. South wind around 5 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. South southwest wind around 5 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 40. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

Next Topic: Precipitation