Forecast Details for Racine, MN

Recent Locations: Mountain Top, PA Racine, MN

Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 25. Wind chill values as low as -3. Northwest wind 7 to 15 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 15. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 10 mph after midnight.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. Southwest wind 10 to 14 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a southwest wind 14 to 18 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 18. Blustery, with a northwest wind 14 to 16 mph.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24. North wind around 15 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 9. North wind 8 to 13 mph.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of snow after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 23. East wind 8 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. East wind around 9 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 31. East wind 8 to 13 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. South wind 10 to 13 mph.

Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly sunny, with a high near 36. South wind 11 to 13 mph.

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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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