Forecast Details for Wolf Lake, MN

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Current Alerts for Wolf Lake, MN: Air Quality Alert

Overnight: Areas of smoke. Partly cloudy, with a low around 53. Calm wind.

Saturday: Areas of smoke. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. South wind 5 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Saturday Night: Patchy smoke. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. South southeast wind 6 to 10 mph.

Sunday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. South southeast wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Monday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. South southeast wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Southeast wind 8 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Southeast wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. South southeast wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. South wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind 6 to 10 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 6 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South wind 6 to 8 mph.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 81. South southeast wind 6 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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