Forecast Details for Minden, NV

Recent Locations: Hamel, MN Minden, NV

This Afternoon: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Snow level 7400 feet rising to 7900 feet. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. West wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of showers before 2am. Snow level 7700 feet lowering to 6200 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. West wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Snow level 5700 feet rising to 6300 feet in the afternoon. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. South wind 5 to 15 mph becoming west in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before 11pm. Snow level 6100 feet lowering to 5100 feet after midnight . Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming light southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of snow showers before 8am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 8am and 11am, then a chance of rain showers after 11am. Snow level rising to 6400 feet in the afternoon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Calm wind becoming northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light southwest in the evening.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 67.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 72.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 74.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 78.

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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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