Forecast Details for Detroit Lakes, MN

Recent Locations: Clarkston, MI Corry, PA Detroit Lakes, MN

Today: A 30 percent chance of snow before 9am. Patchy blowing snow after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 17 by noon. Blustery, with a northwest wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -3. Northwest wind 6 to 16 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 15. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. South wind 3 to 8 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 36. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Southwest wind 9 to 13 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 13 to 22 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -1. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 17 to 22 mph decreasing to 11 to 16 mph after midnight.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 8. North northwest wind 10 to 13 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -10. North northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming east after midnight.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 16. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. South southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 28. South wind 9 to 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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