Forecast Details for Randolph, MN

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Current Alerts for Randolph, MN: Winter Storm Warning

Today: A 20 percent chance of rain after 3pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 48. East wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Rain and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain before 2am, then freezing rain, possibly mixed with sleet. 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 0.1 to 0.2 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Rain and freezing rain, possibly mixed with sleet before 10am, then rain, possibly mixed with sleet between 10am and noon, then rain after noon. High near 36. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.2 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 29. West 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 43. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 32. East 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 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of snow showers after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 45. West northwest wind around 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 46. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. 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 are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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