Forecast Details for Chaska, MN

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Current Alerts for Chaska, MN: Winter Storm Warning

Overnight: Snow, freezing rain, and sleet. Low around 31. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Rain and freezing rain, possibly mixed with sleet before 4pm, then rain between 4pm and 5pm, then rain, possibly mixed with snow after 5pm. High near 36. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.2 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 8pm, then a chance of rain between 8pm and 10pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 27. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday: A chance of rain and thunderstorms, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 40. East wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 32. East northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: Rain and snow likely before 10am, then snow likely between 10am and 3pm, then a chance of rain and snow after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 39. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday Night: Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 28. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 46. West northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. East wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. South southeast wind around 15 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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