Forecast Details for Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, MN

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Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light east in the evening.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 63. Light east wind becoming east southeast 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: Showers likely, mainly after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 47. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. South southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 1am and 4am, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4am. Low around 56. South southeast wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1pm, then showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. High near 77. South southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Monday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 10pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. South wind around 15 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 60. Northwest wind around 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east southeast after midnight.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 68. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. South southeast wind around 10 mph.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 46. North northwest wind around 10 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 68. North northwest wind around 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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