Forecast Details for Hamel, MN

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Overnight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. South wind around 15 mph.

Tuesday: A chance of snow before 9am, then a chance of sleet between 9am and 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 9. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 20. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. West southwest wind around 5 mph becoming east southeast in the evening.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 38. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Southwest wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Friday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 14. North northwest wind around 15 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 20. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 6. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of snow. Mostly sunny, with a high near 21. East wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 12. East wind around 5 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 29. East southeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southwest in the afternoon.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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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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