Forecast Details for Buffalo Lake, MN

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Current Alerts for Buffalo Lake, MN: Winter Storm Warning

Tonight: Rain showers and snow showers, possibly mixed with sleet before 3am, then snow showers, freezing rain, and sleet. Low around 31. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Freezing rain and sleet before noon, then rain or freezing rain between noon and 2pm, then rain showers likely after 2pm. High near 34. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.3 of an inch possible. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain showers before 8pm, then a slight chance of snow showers between 8pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: A chance of snow showers before 11am, then a chance of freezing rain between 11am and noon, then rain showers after noon. Some thunder is also possible. High near 38. East northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Rain showers before 3am, then rain and snow showers likely. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 30. Northeast wind around 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: Snow showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 43. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of rain and snow showers before 3pm, then a slight chance of rain showers between 3pm and 5pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers after 5pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 40. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: A 10 percent chance of snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 23. North northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming southeast in the morning.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. South southeast wind around 15 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

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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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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