Forecast Details for Montevideo, MN

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Current Alerts for Montevideo, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: Freezing rain and sleet likely before noon, then a chance of rain showers and sleet between noon and 3pm, then rain showers likely after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 33. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Little or no sleet accumulation expected.

Tonight: Rain, possibly mixed with snow showers, becoming all snow after 9pm. Low around 28. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Saturday: Snow showers, mainly before 1pm. High near 35. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. West wind 5 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 34. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 17. North wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north 5 to 10 mph after midnight.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. South southeast wind around 15 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northwest wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. North wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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