Forecast Details for Merrifield, MN

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Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Blustery, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 30. Blustery, with a north wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 8. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 38. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of snow showers before 1am, then a chance of rain and snow showers between 1am and 4am, then a chance of rain showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday: Rain likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of rain, mixing with snow after 10pm, then gradually ending. Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a west wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 51. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. North wind around 5 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Saturday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night: Rain likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 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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