Forecast Details for Eden Prairie, MN

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Today: A 20 percent chance of showers after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Showers likely after 4pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 63. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday Night: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 10pm, then a chance of showers between 10pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 60. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 67. Calm wind becoming west around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. South southeast wind around 5 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. South wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 74. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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