Forecast Details for Stephen, MN

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Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 17. North northwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light and variable.

Tuesday: A slight chance of snow between noon and 1pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a south wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night: Snow likely after 1am, mixing with rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 34. Breezy, with a south wind 20 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday: Rain and snow, becoming all rain after 1pm. High near 43. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 20 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow before 10pm, then a slight chance of snow between 10pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 20 to 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Northwest wind 11 to 18 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. North northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming south after midnight.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Southwest wind around 8 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. North northwest wind 7 to 10 mph becoming south southeast after midnight.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of rain after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 13 to 21 mph.

Saturday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. South southeast wind 14 to 17 mph.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 52. Southeast wind 13 to 17 mph.

Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northeast wind around 15 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Breezy, with a northeast wind 15 to 20 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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