Forecast Details for Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, MN

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Tonight: A chance of flurries with a slight chance of snow before 3am, then a chance of flurries between 3am and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 34. West wind 5 to 15 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a temperature falling to around 22 by 5pm. North northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 6. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east southeast after midnight.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 23. Southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. South wind around 5 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. South southeast wind around 5 mph.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast after midnight.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of rain after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 42. East northeast wind around 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. North wind around 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 33. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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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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