Forecast Details for Granite Falls, MN

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Current Alerts for Granite Falls, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

This Afternoon: Snow likely, mainly before 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 19. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of snow before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 5. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 23. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 16. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 41. South wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of rain before 3am, then a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. South southeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 44. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming north northeast in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the evening.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. East wind around 10 mph becoming west in the evening.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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