Forecast Details for Strathcona, MN

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Current Alerts for Strathcona, MN: Air Quality Alert

Today: Areas of smoke after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Tonight: Areas of smoke before 10pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Northwest wind 11 to 16 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny through mid morning, then becoming sunny, with a high near 75. Calm wind becoming east southeast 5 to 7 mph in the morning.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 58. East southeast wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Thursday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10am, then a slight chance of showers between 10am and 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. South wind 9 to 18 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. West northwest wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming northeast after midnight.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Northeast wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. East wind 10 to 13 mph.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. East wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Southeast wind 10 to 13 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Southeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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