Forecast Details for Mendota, MN

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Current Alerts for Mendota, MN: Winter Storm Warning

This Afternoon: A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 48. East wind around 10 mph.

Tonight: Rain showers, snow showers, and sleet before 3am, then sleet, possibly mixed with snow showers between 3am and 4am, then sleet after 4am. The sleet could be heavy at times. Low around 31. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Rain showers, freezing rain, and sleet before 8am, then rain, possibly mixed with snow showers between 8am and 9am, then rain showers after 9am. The sleet could be heavy at times. High near 36. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Showers likely before 7pm, then a chance of rain between 7pm and 9pm. Cloudy, with a low around 29. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday: A slight chance of freezing rain before 9am, then rain showers likely. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Rain showers before 5am, then rain likely, possibly mixed with snow showers. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 33. Northeast wind around 10 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday: Rain and snow showers likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 46. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 46. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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