Forecast Details for Lester Prairie, MN

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Current Alerts for Lester Prairie, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: A slight chance of rain and snow between 2pm and 3pm, then a chance of rain. Increasing clouds, with a high near 45. East wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tonight: Rain, snow, and sleet before 1am, then snow and sleet between 1am and 4am, then sleet, possibly mixed with snow and freezing rain after 4am. Low around 30. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Rain, freezing rain and sleet, possibly mixed with snow before noon, then rain, possibly mixed with sleet. High near 34. East northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain and sleet before 7pm, then a chance of rain between 7pm and 9pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 26. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday: A chance of freezing rain before 11am, then rain showers. Some thunder is also possible. High near 40. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Rain showers before 2am, then rain and snow showers likely. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 30. Northeast wind around 10 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: Snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. 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 26. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 42. Northwest wind around 15 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain showers after 1am, mixing with snow after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. West southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 44. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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