Forecast Details for Benedict, MN

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Current Alerts for Benedict, MN: Air Quality Alert

Tonight: Areas of smoke before 1am, then areas of smoke after 4am. Mostly clear, with a low around 57. Calm wind.

Sunday: A slight chance of showers between noon and 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Areas of smoke before 3pm, then areas of smoke after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. South southeast wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Areas of smoke before 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. Southeast wind 3 to 6 mph. New rainfall 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 5 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southeast wind around 6 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday: A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 77. South southeast wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of thunderstorms before 7pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. South southeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. South wind 7 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. South southwest wind 3 to 6 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 3 to 7 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 65. South wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. South wind 3 to 7 mph.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Southwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. West wind 3 to 8 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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