Weather Alerts for Minnesota

Recent Locations: Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, MN

1. Winter Storm Warning for: Clay; Wilkin; West Otter Tail; Grant; Barnes; Cass; Ransom; Sargent; Richland

3. Winter Storm Warning for: Koochiching; North St. Louis

4. Winter Storm Warning for: Lake Of The Woods; North Beltrami; North Clearwater; South Beltrami; Mahnomen; South Clearwater; Hubbard; West Becker; East Becker; East Otter Tail; Wadena

5. Winter Storm Warning for: Northern Cook/Northern Lake; North Itasca; Central St. Louis; North Cass; South Itasca; Northern Aitkin; Carlton/South St. Louis

6. Winter Storm Warning for: South Cass; Crow Wing; South Aitkin; Pine; Douglas; Bayfield

7. Winter Storm Warning for: Southern Lake/North Shore; Southern Cook/North Shore

8. Winter Storm Warning for: Todd; Morrison; Mille Lacs; Kanabec

9. Winter Storm Warning for: Traverse; Big Stone

10. Winter Weather Advisory for: Benton; Sherburne; Isanti

11. Winter Weather Advisory for: Chisago; Polk; Barron; Rusk; Chippewa

12. Winter Weather Advisory for: Pope; Stearns

13. Winter Weather Advisory for: Stevens; Lac Qui Parle; Swift; Chippewa; Kandiyohi; Yellow Medicine

14. Winter Weather Advisory for: West Polk; Norman; Roseau; West Marshall; East Marshall; Pennington; Red Lake; East Polk; Eastern Walsh County; Eddy; Nelson; Grand Forks; Griggs; Steele; Traill; Western Walsh County

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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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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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