Forecast Details for Knife River, MN

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Current Alerts for Knife River, MN: Winter Storm Warning Winter Weather Advisory

This Afternoon: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32. Breezy, with an east wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly between 11pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Blustery, with an east wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Thursday: Snow showers before 3pm, then snow showers, possibly mixed with sleet. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 33. Windy, with an east wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible.

Thursday Night: Snow and sleet before 1am, then a chance of snow. Low around 26. Blustery, with a northeast wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Friday: A chance of snow and sleet between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of snow, freezing rain, and sleet after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday Night: Snow, freezing rain, and sleet likely before 1am, then snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain between 1am and 4am, then snow after 4am. Low around 29. Breezy, with an east wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Saturday: Snow, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of snow, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 41. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Monday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.

Monday Night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. North wind around 5 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

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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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