Forecast Details for Prior Lake, MN

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Current Alerts for Prior Lake, MN: Winter Storm Warning

Today: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 48. East wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Rain, snow and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain before 3am, then snow, freezing rain, and sleet between 3am and 4am, then freezing rain and sleet after 4am. The sleet could be heavy at times. Low around 30. 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 snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Rain, freezing rain, and sleet before 11am, then rain, possibly mixed with sleet between 11am and noon, then rain after noon. High near 35. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 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 Night: Rain likely, mainly before 8pm. Cloudy, with a low around 28. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: A slight chance of freezing rain before 9am, then rain showers likely. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 32. Northeast wind around 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of rain showers before 10am, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 10am and 3pm, then a chance of snow showers after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 44. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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Weather Topic: What are Fractus Clouds?

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A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original cloud which contained them.

Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.

They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds, and are a display of wind activity.

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