Forecast Details for Trail, MN

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This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 24. North northwest wind 13 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around -1. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. South wind 8 to 16 mph.

Tuesday Night: A chance of snow after 1am, mixing with rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday: Rain and snow before 1pm, then a chance of rain. High near 43. South wind 14 to 16 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of rain before 10pm, then a slight chance of snow between 10pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. West southwest wind 15 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. West northwest wind 9 to 14 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 45. West wind 6 to 8 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. West wind 5 to 7 mph becoming south southeast in the evening.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 53. South southeast wind 9 to 16 mph.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. South southeast wind 10 to 14 mph.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 58. South southeast wind 9 to 13 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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