Forecast Details for Monticello, MN

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Current Alerts for Monticello, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Tonight: Rain and snow showers before 3am, then snow showers, possibly mixed with sleet between 3am and 4am, then snow showers, possibly mixed with freezing rain and sleet after 4am. Low around 31. East wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Snow showers, freezing rain, and sleet before 1pm, then rain showers, snow showers, and sleet between 1pm and 4pm, then rain and snow showers after 4pm. High near 35. East northeast wind around 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 snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain showers and sleet likely before 10pm, then a chance of sleet between 10pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

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

Friday Night: Rain showers before 2am, then rain and snow showers. Low around 32. Northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: Snow showers, possibly mixed with rain before 2pm, then a chance of snow showers. High near 39. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

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

Monday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers between 1pm and 2pm, then a slight chance of rain showers after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 42. North northwest wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: A 10 percent chance of snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 44. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

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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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