Weather Alerts for Minnesota

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1. Winter Storm Warning for: Carlton/South St. Louis

4. Winter Storm Warning for: Koochiching; North St. Louis; Northern Cook/Northern Lake; North Itasca; Central St. Louis; South Itasca

5. Winter Storm Warning for: Mahnomen; South Clearwater; Hubbard; West Becker; East Becker; West Otter Tail; East Otter Tail; Wadena

6. Winter Storm Warning for: Norman; Clay; Wilkin; Eddy; Griggs; Steele; Traill; Barnes; Cass; Ransom; Sargent; Richland

7. Winter Storm Warning for: North Cass

8. Winter Storm Warning for: Pine

9. Winter Storm Warning for: Roseau; Lake Of The Woods; East Marshall; North Beltrami; Pennington; Red Lake; East Polk; North Clearwater; South Beltrami

10. Winter Storm Warning for: South Aitkin

11. Winter Storm Warning for: South Cass; Crow Wing; Northern Aitkin

12. Winter Storm Warning for: Southern Lake/North Shore; Southern Cook/North Shore

13. Winter Storm Warning for: Southern Lake/North Shore; Southern Cook/North Shore

14. Winter Storm Warning for: Todd; Morrison

15. Winter Storm Warning for: Traverse; Brown; Marshall; Roberts; Day; Spink

16. Winter Storm Warning for: West Polk

17. Winter Weather Advisory for: Big Stone; Clark; Codington; Grant; Hamlin; Deuel

18. Winter Weather Advisory for: Carlton/South St. Louis

19. Winter Weather Advisory for: Kittson; West Marshall; Towner; Cavalier; Pembina; Benson; Ramsey; Eastern Walsh County; Western Walsh County

20. Winter Weather Advisory for: Koochiching; North St. Louis; Northern Cook/Northern Lake; North Itasca; Central St. Louis; South Itasca

21. Winter Weather Advisory for: Lac Qui Parle; Swift; Chippewa; Kandiyohi; Yellow Medicine; Renville; Redwood

22. Winter Weather Advisory for: Lincoln; Lyon; Murray; Cottonwood; Pipestone; Brookings; Lake; Moody

23. Winter Weather Advisory for: Mille Lacs; Kanabec; Stearns; Benton

24. Winter Weather Advisory for: Roseau; Lake Of The Woods; East Marshall; North Beltrami; Pennington; Red Lake; East Polk; North Clearwater; South Beltrami

25. Winter Weather Advisory for: Sherburne; Isanti; Chisago; Meeker; Wright; McLeod; Polk; Barron; Rusk

26. Winter Weather Advisory for: Stevens; Pope

27. Winter Weather Advisory for: West Polk

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Next Topic: Rain

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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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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.

Next Topic: Sleet