Forecast Details for Mayer, MN

Recent Locations: Crescent, OR Kenilworth, IL Mayer, MN

Current Alerts for Mayer, MN: Winter Storm Warning

This Afternoon: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 47. East wind around 15 mph.

Tonight: Rain showers, snow showers, and sleet before 3am, then sleet, possibly mixed with snow showers between 3am and 4am, then sleet after 4am. The sleet could be heavy at times. Low around 31. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Freezing rain and sleet before 11am, then rain or freezing rain between 11am and noon, then rain showers after noon. High near 36. East northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.2 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain showers before midnight, then a slight chance of freezing rain between midnight and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: A slight chance of snow showers before 10am, then rain showers. Some thunder is also possible. High near 41. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Rain showers before 3am, then rain and snow showers likely. Low around 32. 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: Rain and snow showers likely, becoming all snow after 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 44. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. North northeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 45. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming south 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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