Forecast Details for Lonsdale, MN

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Current Alerts for Lonsdale, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. North wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 45. East wind 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday Night: Rain showers and sleet before 1am, then freezing rain and sleet between 1am and 5am, then rain showers, freezing rain, and sleet after 5am. 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 around a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Rain and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain before 9am, then rain, possibly mixed with freezing rain between 9am and 11am, then rain after 11am. The sleet could be heavy at times. High near 37. East northeast wind around 15 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 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 before 10pm, then a slight chance of snow between 10pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. West northwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: A chance of freezing rain before 9am, then a chance of snow showers between 9am and 11am, then rain showers after 11am. High near 41. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Rain showers before 10pm, then rain and snow showers. Low around 30. North northeast wind around 15 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 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 23. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 42. Northwest wind around 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. West wind around 10 mph becoming south after midnight.

Monday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 48. South southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. North wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Condensation

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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