Forecast Details for Cosmos, MN

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Current Alerts for Cosmos, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

This Afternoon: A slight chance of snow showers before 3pm, then a chance of rain showers. Cloudy, with a high near 43. East wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tonight: Rain showers, snow showers, and sleet before 3am, then sleet, possibly mixed with snow showers. Low around 29. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Rain showers, snow showers, freezing rain, and sleet before 4pm, then rain likely, possibly mixed with snow showers between 4pm and 5pm, then a chance of rain showers after 5pm. High near 33. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.3 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain showers before 9pm, then a slight chance of snow showers between 9pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: A chance of snow showers and freezing rain before noon, then rain and snow showers between noon and 2pm, then rain showers after 2pm. High near 37. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Rain and snow showers likely, becoming all snow after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 29. Northeast wind around 10 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: Snow showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 40. West wind around 15 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain showers before 3am, then a slight chance of freezing rain between 3am and 4am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. West wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. North wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. North wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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