Forecast Details for Austin, MN

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Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 56. Light south wind.

Tuesday: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 56. Southwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 4pm, then a slight chance of showers. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Northwest wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 41. Northwest wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62. West wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Southwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Northwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. West wind 6 to 9 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 64. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 67. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. Southeast wind 3 to 6 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 71. South wind 6 to 9 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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