Forecast Details for Farmington, MN

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Current Alerts for Farmington, MN: Winter Storm Warning

Overnight: Snow showers and sleet before 3am, then freezing rain and sleet. Low around 31. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Rain showers, freezing rain, and sleet, becoming all rain after 11am. High near 36. East northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers likely, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 44. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

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

Saturday: A chance of rain showers before 5pm, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow showers before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 47. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. North northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 46. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

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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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