Forecast Details for Ada, MN

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Current Alerts for Ada, MN: Winter Storm Warning

Tonight: Snow likely, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northeast wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. East northeast wind 10 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Snow, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 10pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 30. Northeast wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

Saturday: Snow, mainly before 1pm. The snow could be heavy at times. Patchy blowing snow. High near 34. Breezy, with a north wind 17 to 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday Night: Patchy blowing snow before 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 8 to 13 mph after midnight.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 39. West wind 8 to 18 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 17 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 30. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 20 to 23 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 14. North wind 7 to 14 mph becoming south southeast after midnight.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 13 to 18 mph increasing to 23 to 28 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 26 to 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Breezy, with a south wind 23 to 25 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 39. North wind 14 to 18 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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