Forecast Details for Ponsford, MN

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Current Alerts for Ponsford, MN: Air Quality Alert

Tonight: Areas of smoke. Mostly clear early, then becoming mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 6 mph after midnight.

Sunday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Areas of smoke before 3pm, then areas of smoke after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. South southeast wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Areas of smoke between 11pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Southeast wind 7 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Monday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. South southeast wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Southeast wind 8 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday: A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. South southeast wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. South southeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. South wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. South wind 6 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind 6 to 8 mph.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 6 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. West southwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. West northwest wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 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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