Forecast Details for Laporte, MN

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Washington's Birthday: Patchy fog before noon. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 43. Calm wind.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 6 mph after midnight.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of rain after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. East wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Tuesday Night: Rain, possibly mixed with snow before 9pm, then snow, possibly mixed with rain and freezing rain between 9pm and midnight, then snow after midnight. Low around 28. East wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Wednesday: Snow. High near 34. East wind 7 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday Night: Snow likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 29. North northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14. North wind 5 to 7 mph.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of snow before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 25. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. Northwest wind around 6 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 21. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 1. Northwest wind around 7 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 19. North northwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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