Forecast Details for Battle Lake, MN

Recent Locations: Redgranite, WI Hayes, SD Battle Lake, MN

Current Alerts for Battle Lake, MN: Winter Storm Watch Winter Weather Advisory

Today: Snow. High near 34. East northeast wind 15 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Tonight: Snow likely, mainly before 10pm. Cloudy, with a low around 24. Northeast wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: Snow likely, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 35. East northeast wind 8 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 29. East northeast wind 11 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday: Snow, mainly before 1pm. High near 34. Breezy, with a northwest wind 13 to 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 20. Northwest wind 9 to 18 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 38. West wind 8 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. West northwest wind around 14 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 32. North northwest wind 13 to 16 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 15. North wind 7 to 11 mph becoming east after midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 38. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 11 to 21 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Breezy, with a south southeast wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 20 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.

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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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