Forecast Details for Garfield, MN

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Current Alerts for Garfield, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Tonight: Snow showers, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 10pm. Low around 29. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Thursday: Snow showers, possibly mixed with sleet, becoming all snow after 1pm. High near 32. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Thursday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Northeast wind 5 to 15 mph.

Friday: Snow showers, freezing rain, and sleet likely before 2pm, then snow showers likely between 2pm and 3pm, then rain and snow showers likely after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Rain and snow showers, becoming all snow after 8pm. Low around 29. Northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

Saturday: Snow showers likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. West wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 16. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming east northeast after midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 38. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. South southeast wind around 15 mph.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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