Forecast Details for Waconia, MN

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Current Alerts for Waconia, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

This Afternoon: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 46. East wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Rain showers, snow showers, and sleet before 3am, then sleet, possibly mixed with snow showers between 3am and 4am, then sleet after 4am. The sleet could be heavy at times. Low around 30. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Freezing rain, possibly mixed with sleet before 11am, then rain showers. High near 35. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 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 40 percent chance of rain, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

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

Friday Night: Rain showers before 3am, then rain and snow showers likely. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 31. Northeast wind around 10 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 43. Northwest wind around 15 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 4am, then a slight chance of rain showers between 4am and 5am, then a slight chance of snow showers after 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. North wind 5 to 10 mph. 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 45. 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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