Forecast Details for Detroit Lakes, MN

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Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 16. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to near 12 by 8pm, then rising to around 19 during the remainder of the night. Light south southwest wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the evening.

Thursday: Partly sunny, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 37. West wind 8 to 11 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Southwest wind around 10 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 11 to 16 mph becoming west northwest 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -1. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 8. North northwest wind around 11 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around -9. North northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 17. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 7. Southeast wind 6 to 8 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 29. South wind 8 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. South wind 9 to 13 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. South wind 9 to 13 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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