Forecast Details for Cook, MN

Recent Locations: Neoga, IL Temple, NH Cook, MN

Today: A chance of flurries before noon, then a slight chance of snow between noon and 3pm, then a chance of flurries after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 25. Blustery, with a north wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 2. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 35. Light southwest wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: A chance of flurries before 1am, then a chance of snow showers between 1am and 4am, then a chance of snow showers and freezing rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday: Rain and snow likely, possibly mixed with freezing rain before 7am, then rain and snow likely between 7am and 1pm, then rain after 1pm. High near 43. Southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain before 10pm, then a chance of rain and snow between 10pm and 1am, then a slight chance of snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. West wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. Calm wind.

Saturday: A slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 52. Light south wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. South wind around 5 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Sunday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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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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