Forecast Details for Plainview, MN

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Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41. West wind around 7 mph.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 2pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 61. West wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 38. West wind around 7 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 66. West wind around 6 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph after midnight.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 72. South wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. South wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. South wind 7 to 9 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. South wind 3 to 5 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. East wind 3 to 6 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. East wind around 6 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Southeast wind 6 to 8 mph.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 55. Southeast wind 6 to 9 mph.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

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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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