Forecast Details for Halstad, MN

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Current Alerts for Halstad, MN: Air Quality Alert

Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Areas of smoke between 2am and 3am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Calm wind becoming east southeast 5 to 9 mph after midnight. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 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 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Southeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 13 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 18 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 65. South wind 7 to 11 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. South wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Southeast wind 8 to 10 mph.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. East southeast wind 9 to 15 mph becoming south southwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. West southwest wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. West northwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. West wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 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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