Forecast Details for Northfield, MN

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Current Alerts for Northfield, MN: Winter Storm Warning

This Afternoon: A 20 percent chance of showers after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 48. East wind around 15 mph.

Tonight: Rain showers and sleet, possibly mixed with snow showers before 3am, then freezing rain and sleet 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 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: Rain showers, freezing rain, and sleet, becoming all rain after 10am. High near 37. 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 sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers before 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 28. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

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. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no ice accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 32. East northeast wind around 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of rain showers before noon, then a chance of rain and snow showers between noon and 3pm, then a chance of snow showers after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 45. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

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

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

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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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