Forecast Details for Backus, MN

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Current Alerts for Backus, MN: Winter Storm Warning

Today: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 33. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of snow before 8pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: A chance of snow before 11am, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. West wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 28. Blustery, with a north wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 6. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 35. Light south wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow before 1pm, then a chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a south wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. West wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. North wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.

Thursday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind around 5 mph becoming east after midnight.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 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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