Forecast Details for Blue Earth, MN

Recent Locations: Chittenango, NY Salt Point, NY Blue Earth, MN

Today: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. North wind 5 to 15 mph becoming east northeast after midnight.

Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A chance of snow showers before 9pm, then a chance of rain showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a south wind 20 to 25 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 10am, then a chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 51. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 52. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. East wind around 10 mph.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. East southeast wind 10 to 15 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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