Forecast Details for Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, MN

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Current Alerts for Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. North 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 10 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 33. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Rain showers, possibly mixed with sleet, becoming all rain after 11am. High near 39. East northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Friday: A chance of rain showers, snow showers, and freezing rain before 1pm, then rain likely, possibly mixed with snow showers between 1pm and 2pm, then rain showers likely after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. 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 31. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: Rain and snow showers likely, becoming all snow after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 43. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight.

Monday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 49. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. North wind around 10 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

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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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