Forecast Details for Austin, MN

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Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms before 10pm, then a slight chance of showers between 10pm and 11pm. Areas of smoke before 10pm. Low around 46. Breezy, with a south wind 11 to 16 mph becoming west 18 to 23 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Breezy, with a west wind around 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. West wind 5 to 8 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 63. Calm wind becoming northwest around 6 mph in the morning.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41. Calm wind.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 70. Light south wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. South wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. South wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. South wind around 6 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. East wind around 6 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. Southeast wind 6 to 8 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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