Forecast Details for Cushing, MN

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Today: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly between 1pm and 5pm. Areas of smoke between noon and 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. North northwest wind around 15 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light northwest after midnight.

Thursday: Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. High near 58. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of showers between 7pm and 1am. Low around 42. East wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 57. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 65. Calm wind becoming southwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 5 mph after midnight.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. South wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northeast in the afternoon.

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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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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