Forecast Details for Northfield, MN

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Current Alerts for Northfield, MN: Winter Storm Warning

Overnight: A chance of freezing rain. Cloudy, with a low around 31. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible.

Thursday: Freezing rain before 11am, then rain and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain between 11am and noon, then rain after noon. High near 37. 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 0.3 of an inch possible. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: Rain likely, mainly before 8pm. Cloudy, with a low around 28. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: A chance of rain, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 40. North northeast wind 5 to 15 mph becoming east in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 25 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 33. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of rain and snow before 3pm, then a chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 38. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 47. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northeast after midnight.

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 37. South southeast wind around 15 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Fog?

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Fog is technically a type of stratus cloud, which lies along the ground and obscures visibility.

It is usually created when humidity in the air condenses into tiny water droplets. Because of this, some places are more prone to foggy weather, such as regions close to a body of water.

Fog is similar to mist; both are the appearance of water droplets suspended in the air, but fog is the term applied to the condition when visibility is less than 1 km.

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Weather Topic: What is Freezing Rain?

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Freezing rain is a condition where precipitation which has fallen in the form of water droplets reaches temperatures which are below freezing and freezes upon coming into contact with surface objects. The result of this precipitation is a glaze of ice which can be damaging to plants and man-made structures. A severe onset of freezing rain which results in a very thick glaze of ice is known as an ice storm.

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