Forecast Details for Detroit Lakes, MN

Recent Locations: New Plymouth, ID Chewelah, WA Detroit Lakes, MN

Tonight: A slight chance of snow before 3am, then a chance of snow after 4am. Patchy blowing snow after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 21 by 5am. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 16 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before 10am. Patchy blowing snow. Partly sunny, with a temperature rising to near 24 by 8am, then falling to around 17 during the remainder of the day. Blustery, with a southwest wind 20 to 29 mph becoming northwest in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -3. Northwest wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 16. Light and variable wind becoming south around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 8. South southeast wind 5 to 9 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 35. West southwest wind 9 to 13 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. Southwest wind 9 to 11 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 13 to 23 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -4. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 6. North northwest wind 10 to 14 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -11. North northwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming east after midnight.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly sunny, with a high near 14. Southeast wind 6 to 9 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 3. Southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 25. South wind 9 to 14 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

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Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?

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Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes (between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes water vapor to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.

In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.

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