Forecast Details for Darfur, MN

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Current Alerts for Darfur, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

This Afternoon: A 40 percent chance of showers. Cloudy, with a high near 47. East wind around 15 mph.

Tonight: Rain showers before 5am, then rain showers and sleet. Low around 31. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Rain showers, freezing rain, and sleet, becoming all rain after 11am. High near 36. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 15 to 20 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. North northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Friday: A chance of snow showers before 10am, then a chance of freezing rain between 10am and 11am, then rain showers after 11am. Some thunder is also possible. High near 40. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Rain showers likely before 4am, then a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday: A chance of snow showers before 3pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Windy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Windy, with a northwest wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 47. West northwest wind around 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Northwest wind around 15 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. North wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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