Forecast Details for Maple Plain, MN

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Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 87. South southwest wind around 5 mph.

Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 70. South wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 82. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming northwest in the morning.

Saturday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Sunday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. East wind around 10 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 67. East wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon.

Monday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. Northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. North northeast wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 62. North northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 82. Calm wind becoming northeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 63. East northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 83. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph 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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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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