Forecast Details for Spring Valley, MN

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Current Alerts for Spring Valley, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: Showers. Low around 32. Breezy, with an east wind 20 to 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Rain or freezing rain, becoming all rain after 7am. High near 42. Breezy, with an east wind 13 to 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Friday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. High near 49. North wind 9 to 14 mph becoming east in the afternoon. 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 before 1am, then a chance of showers. Low around 36. Breezy, with an east wind 14 to 17 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Breezy, with a west wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Windy, with a northwest wind 21 to 26 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 18 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Northwest wind 10 to 14 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Breezy, with a northwest wind 11 to 16 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 45. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 20 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Breezy, with a south wind 20 to 24 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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