Forecast Details for Morton, MN

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Current Alerts for Morton, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: A slight chance of rain and snow between 1pm and 2pm, then a chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 45. East wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tonight: Rain and sleet, possibly mixed with snow before 3am, then sleet, possibly mixed with snow between 3am and 4am, then freezing rain and sleet after 4am. The sleet could be heavy at times. Low around 31. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 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 a half inch possible.

Thursday: Rain, freezing rain, and sleet, becoming all rain after noon. High near 34. East northeast wind 10 to 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 sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: A chance of freezing rain before 11am, then rain showers. High near 38. 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 likely, possibly mixed with snow showers before midnight, then rain showers likely between midnight and 2am, then a chance of snow showers after 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 29. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 43. West northwest wind around 15 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain showers between 1am and 5am, then a slight chance of snow showers after 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. North wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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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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