Forecast Details for Rochester, MN

Recent Locations: Cascilla, MS Phillips, WI Rochester, MN

This Afternoon: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 53. West wind around 15 mph.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Northwest wind 11 to 14 mph.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 40. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 19. North wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Tuesday Night: Rain likely, possibly mixed with snow showers, becoming all rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. West wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Thursday: A slight chance of snow showers before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. West wind 9 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. North wind 3 to 7 mph.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Northeast wind 3 to 6 mph.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 39. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Saturday: A 40 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Southeast wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Condensation

Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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