Forecast Details for Granite Falls, MN

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Current Alerts for Granite Falls, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

This Afternoon: Snow, mainly before 5pm. High near 20. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north northeast. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 5. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 23. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 16. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 41. South wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of rain before 3am, then a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. South southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 44. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming north northeast in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the evening.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. East wind around 10 mph becoming west in the evening.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Northwest wind around 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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