Forecast Details for Aurora, MN

Recent Locations: Aurora, MN

Today: Areas of dense fog before 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Tonight: Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Southeast wind around 5 mph.

Thursday: Widespread dense fog, mainly before 8am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 68. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Friday: Rain likely, with thunderstorms also possible after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 60. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: A chance of rain before 10pm, then a chance of snow. Some thunder is also possible. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. Blustery, with a northwest wind 5 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 18. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 54. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. South wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. West wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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