Forecast Details for Fairfax, MN

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Current Alerts for Fairfax, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northeast wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of snow showers before 2pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 2pm and 3pm, then a chance of rain showers after 3pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 43. East wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: Rain showers, possibly mixed with sleet before 3am, then rain showers and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain. Low around 31. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Rain showers and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain, becoming all rain after 11am. The sleet could be heavy at times. High near 36. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of rain showers before midnight, then a slight chance of freezing rain and sleet between midnight and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: A chance of snow showers and freezing rain before 11am, then a chance of rain showers between 11am and 1pm, then rain and snow showers after 1pm. High near 39. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Rain showers before 8pm, then rain and snow showers between 8pm and 4am, then snow showers likely after 4am. Low around 28. Blustery, with a north wind 15 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: Snow showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 41. Northwest wind around 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind around 10 mph becoming south after midnight.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. North wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Fog?

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Fog is technically a type of stratus cloud, which lies along the ground and obscures visibility.

It is usually created when humidity in the air condenses into tiny water droplets. Because of this, some places are more prone to foggy weather, such as regions close to a body of water.

Fog is similar to mist; both are the appearance of water droplets suspended in the air, but fog is the term applied to the condition when visibility is less than 1 km.

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Weather Topic: What is Freezing Rain?

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Freezing rain is a condition where precipitation which has fallen in the form of water droplets reaches temperatures which are below freezing and freezes upon coming into contact with surface objects. The result of this precipitation is a glaze of ice which can be damaging to plants and man-made structures. A severe onset of freezing rain which results in a very thick glaze of ice is known as an ice storm.

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