Forecast Details for Wright, MN

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Current Alerts for Wright, MN: Winter Storm Watch Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 25. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Snow, mainly after 7am. High near 31. Breezy, with an east wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Thursday Night: Snow, mainly before 10pm. Low around 23. Blustery, with a north wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Friday: A chance of snow and sleet after 1pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 38. Breezy, with an east wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday Night: Snow, freezing rain, and sleet likely before 1am, then snow, possibly mixed with freezing rain between 1am and 4am, then snow after 4am. Low around 27. Breezy, with an east wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Saturday: Snow. High near 36. Northeast wind around 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. West wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow before 1am, then a slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 11. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 51. Breezy, with a south wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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