Forecast Details for Kimball, MN

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Current Alerts for Kimball, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Tonight: Rain showers, snow showers, and sleet before 1am, then snow showers between 1am and 2am, then snow showers, possibly mixed with sleet after 2am. Low around 30. East wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Snow showers, freezing rain, and sleet before 4pm, then rain showers, snow showers, and sleet between 4pm and 5pm, then snow showers and sleet likely after 5pm. High near 34. East northeast wind around 15 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 snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain showers, snow showers, and sleet likely before 9pm, then a chance of snow showers between 9pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A slight chance of snow showers before 11am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 11am and 1pm, then rain showers likely after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Snow showers, possibly mixed with rain. Low around 31. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Saturday: Snow showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Blustery, with a northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 42. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 40. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 20. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 42. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 55. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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