Forecast Details for Austin, MN

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Today: Increasing clouds, with a high near 43. South wind 8 to 14 mph.

Tonight: Rain and snow showers likely before 4am, then a slight chance of rain showers between 4am and 5am. Cloudy, with a low around 34. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly after 9am. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 24 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. West wind 9 to 13 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. West wind around 9 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. North wind around 6 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. North wind 6 to 9 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. North wind around 6 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Breezy, with a southeast wind 7 to 16 mph.

Saturday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 51. Breezy, with a southeast wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 70. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. South wind 13 to 15 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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