Forecast Details for Bluffton, MN

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Current Alerts for Bluffton, MN: Winter Storm Watch Winter Weather Advisory

This Afternoon: A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 38. East southeast wind around 9 mph. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight: A chance of rain and snow before midnight, then snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. East wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Thursday: Snow. High near 32. East northeast wind 14 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Thursday Night: Snow likely, mainly before 7pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 21. North northeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: A chance of snow before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. East northeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Snow, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 10pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 27. East northeast wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: Snow, mainly before 1pm. High near 34. North wind 9 to 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Northwest wind 9 to 17 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. West wind 7 to 13 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. North northwest wind 8 to 13 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 13. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast after midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 38. South southeast wind 7 to 14 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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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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