Forecast Details for Pierz, MN

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Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 12. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 40. South wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers between 1am and 2am, then a slight chance of rain showers after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: Showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54. South southeast wind around 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind 10 to 15 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of rain showers, mixing with snow after 10pm, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 26. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 53. Calm wind becoming west northwest around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. West northwest wind around 5 mph becoming east southeast after midnight.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 59. South southeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

Saturday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. South southeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 67. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. South wind 10 to 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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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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