Forecast Details for Detroit Lakes, MN

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Current Alerts for Detroit Lakes, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: A chance of freezing rain before 5am, then a slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 21. South wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tuesday: A slight chance of snow and freezing rain before 7am, then a slight chance of snow between 7am and 8am. Patchy blowing snow before noon, then patchy blowing snow after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 17 by 1pm. Blustery, with a southwest wind 14 to 19 mph becoming northwest 24 to 29 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -3. Northwest wind 6 to 16 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 15. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. South wind 3 to 8 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 36. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Southwest wind 9 to 13 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 13 to 22 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -1. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 17 to 22 mph decreasing to 11 to 16 mph after midnight.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 8. North northwest wind 10 to 13 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -10. North northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming east after midnight.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 16. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. South southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 28. South wind 9 to 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Hail?

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Hail is a form of precipitation which is recognized by large solid balls or clumps of ice. Hail is created by thunderstorm clouds with strong updrafts of wind. As the hailstones remain in the updraft, ice is deposited onto them until their weight becomes heavy enough for them to fall to the earth's surface.

Hail storms can cause significant damage to crops, aircrafts, and man-made structures, despite the fact that the duration is usually less than ten minutes.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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