Forecast Details for Lutsen, MN

Recent Locations: Sparrows Point, MD Dawson, AL Lutsen, MN

This Afternoon: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Southeast wind around 5 mph.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of rain after 2am. Patchy fog before 9pm, then patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Friday: A chance of rain and thunderstorms, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 4pm. Patchy fog before 10am. High near 52. East wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Rain likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 7pm, then a chance of rain between 7pm and 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 34. Breezy, with a west wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Blustery, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 38. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 25. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 15 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 51. Northwest wind around 5 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 36. Calm wind becoming north around 5 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 49. North wind around 5 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

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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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