Forecast Details for Cottage Grove, MN

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Current Alerts for Cottage Grove, MN: Winter Storm Warning

Today: A 20 percent chance of rain after 3pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 48. East wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Rain, snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 4am, then sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain. The sleet could be heavy at times. Low around 30. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Rain, freezing rain, and sleet before 10am, then rain, possibly mixed with sleet between 10am and noon, then rain after noon. High near 36. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Rain likely, mainly before 7pm. Cloudy, with a low around 29. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Friday: A slight chance of freezing rain before 9am, then rain showers likely. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 34. East northeast wind around 10 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 8am, then a chance of rain showers between 8am and 11am, then rain and snow showers likely after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Northwest wind around 15 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 45. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 46. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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