Forecast Details for Buffalo Lake, MN

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Current Alerts for Buffalo Lake, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of snow showers before 2pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 2pm and 4pm, then a chance of rain showers after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 45. East wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: Rain, snow and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain before 2am, then rain showers and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain between 2am and 3am, then sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain after 3am. 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 less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain before noon, then rain showers and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain between noon and 1pm, then rain showers after 1pm. High near 33. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 10 to 20 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 slight chance of rain showers before 10pm, then a slight chance of freezing rain and sleet between 10pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: A chance of freezing rain before noon, then rain showers. High near 38. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Rain showers likely before 1am, then rain and snow showers likely between 1am and 2am, then snow showers likely after 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 29. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 41. West northwest wind around 15 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. North wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. North wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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