Forecast Details for Circle Pines, MN

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This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Northeast wind around 5 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 77. Light southeast wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

Thursday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 57. South southeast wind around 10 mph.

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1pm, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm between 1pm and 4pm, then showers after 4pm. High near 72. South southeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday: A slight chance of snow showers before 5pm, then a slight chance of rain showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: A 10 percent chance of snow showers before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. West northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 50. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. North northwest wind around 5 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 64. South wind 5 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. South wind around 10 mph becoming west after midnight.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 69. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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