Forecast Details for Waconia, MN

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Current Alerts for Waconia, MN: Winter Storm Warning

Tonight: Rain showers, snow showers and sleet, possibly mixed with freezing rain before 4am, then snow showers, freezing rain, and sleet. Low around 31. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Rain showers, freezing rain, and sleet before 3pm, then rain showers between 3pm and 5pm, then rain showers and sleet likely after 5pm. High near 36. East northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 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: Rain showers, snow showers, and sleet likely before 8pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 8pm and 9pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 26. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected.

Friday: A slight chance of freezing rain before 8am, then a slight chance of snow showers between 8am and 10am, then rain showers after 10am. Some thunder is also possible. High near 41. East northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Rain showers before 3am, then rain and snow showers likely. Low around 32. East 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, possibly mixed with rain before 9am, then a chance of snow showers. 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 snow accumulation of less than a half 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 45. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. West northwest wind around 10 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 46. Northeast wind around 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. South southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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