Forecast Details for Chanhassen, MN

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Current Alerts for Chanhassen, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Northeast wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers between 3pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of rain showers after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 46. East wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night: Rain showers, snow showers, and sleet before 3am, then rain showers, possibly mixed with sleet. The sleet could be heavy at times. Low around 30. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Rain showers and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain before 11am, then rain showers between 11am and 3pm, then rain, possibly mixed with snow showers after 3pm. High near 35. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: A slight chance of freezing rain before 9am, then rain showers likely. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Rain showers before 4am, then rain and snow showers likely. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 32. Northeast wind around 10 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: Rain and snow showers likely, becoming all snow after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 45. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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