Forecast Details for Hines, MN

Recent Locations: Pioneer, OH Sulphur Springs, IN Hines, MN

Current Alerts for Hines, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 39. Calm wind becoming east southeast 5 to 8 mph in the morning.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of snow after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. East southeast wind around 9 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Snow, mainly after 7am. High near 36. East wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Thursday Night: Snow likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. North northeast wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of snow after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

Friday Night: Snow likely. The snow could be heavy at times. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. East northeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: Snow. High near 34. North northeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. North northwest wind 8 to 11 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. West northwest wind around 8 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. West wind 3 to 6 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. North wind 5 to 8 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 14. North wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. South wind 3 to 8 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

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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