Forecast Details for Mentor, MN

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Current Alerts for Mentor, MN: Air Quality Alert

Today: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. South southeast wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Areas of smoke between 2am and 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Southeast wind around 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 10am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Southeast wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. South southeast wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. South southeast wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South southeast wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. South wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1am. Mostly clear, with a low around 64. South wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 6 to 8 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South southeast wind around 6 mph.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. South wind 6 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. West wind 6 to 8 mph becoming south after midnight.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. South wind 6 to 9 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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