Forecast Details for Mapleton, MN

Recent Locations: Munith, MI Jennings, LA Mapleton, MN

Current Alerts for Mapleton, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

This Afternoon: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 50. East wind around 15 mph.

Tonight: Showers, mainly after 8pm. Low around 33. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Showers, mainly before 4pm. High near 39. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 10 percent chance of showers before 7pm. Cloudy, with a low around 29. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Friday: A chance of snow showers before 9am, then rain showers. Some thunder is also possible. High near 44. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Northeast wind around 15 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of rain showers before 10am, then a chance of snow showers between 10am and 2pm, then a chance of rain showers after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Blustery, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

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

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. North wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

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Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds

Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes (between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes water vapor to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.

In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.

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