Forecast Details for Austin, MN

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Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 16 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 20. North wind 6 to 14 mph becoming northeast after midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Southeast wind 5 to 14 mph.

Tuesday Night: Rain likely, possibly mixed with snow showers, becoming all rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday: Showers likely, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Breezy, with a south wind 20 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Southwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 56. West wind 8 to 11 mph.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. North wind 5 to 8 mph.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Sunny, with a high near 54. North wind 5 to 8 mph.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. East wind around 7 mph.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Southeast wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Saturday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. South wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 71. South wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

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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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