Forecast Details for Cold Spring, MN

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Current Alerts for Cold Spring, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: Snow. Low around 28. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Snow and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain before noon, then snow, possibly mixed with sleet. High near 33. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Thursday Night: Snow, mainly before 8pm. Low around 24. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A chance of rain or freezing rain before 1pm, then a chance of rain, snow, and freezing rain between 1pm and 2pm, then rain likely after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. East wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Rain, snow, and sleet before 11pm, then rain and snow between 11pm and midnight, then snow after midnight. Low around 30. East northeast wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Saturday: Snow. High near 34. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 38. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast after midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. South southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

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

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. South wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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