Weather Alerts for Minnesota

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Current Alerts for Lastrup, MN: Winter Storm Warning

1. Winter Storm Warning for: Carlton/South St. Louis

4. Winter Storm Warning for: Koochiching; North St. Louis; Northern Cook/Northern Lake; Central St. Louis

5. Winter Storm Warning for: Mahnomen; South Clearwater; Hubbard; West Becker; East Becker; West Otter Tail; East Otter Tail; Wadena

6. Winter Storm Warning for: Norman; Clay; Wilkin; Eddy; Griggs; Steele; Traill; Barnes; Cass; Ransom; Sargent; Richland

7. Winter Storm Warning for: North Cass

8. Winter Storm Warning for: North Itasca; South Itasca

9. Winter Storm Warning for: Pine

10. Winter Storm Warning for: Roseau; Lake Of The Woods; East Marshall; North Beltrami; Pennington; Red Lake; East Polk; North Clearwater; South Beltrami

11. Winter Storm Warning for: South Aitkin

12. Winter Storm Warning for: South Cass; Crow Wing; Northern Aitkin

13. Winter Storm Warning for: Southern Lake/North Shore; Southern Cook/North Shore

14. Winter Storm Warning for: Southern Lake/North Shore; Southern Cook/North Shore

15. Winter Storm Warning for: Todd; Morrison

16. Winter Storm Warning for: Traverse; Brown; Marshall; Roberts; Day; Spink

17. Winter Storm Warning for: West Polk

18. Winter Weather Advisory for: Big Stone; Clark; Codington; Grant; Hamlin; Deuel

19. Winter Weather Advisory for: Kittson; West Marshall; Towner; Cavalier; Pembina; Benson; Ramsey; Eastern Walsh County; Western Walsh County

20. Winter Weather Advisory for: Koochiching; North St. Louis; Northern Cook/Northern Lake; Central St. Louis

21. Winter Weather Advisory for: Lac Qui Parle; Swift; Chippewa; Kandiyohi; Yellow Medicine; Renville; Redwood

22. Winter Weather Advisory for: Lincoln; Lyon; Murray; Cottonwood; Pipestone; Brookings; Lake; Moody

23. Winter Weather Advisory for: Mille Lacs; Kanabec; Stearns; Benton

24. Winter Weather Advisory for: Roseau; Lake Of The Woods; East Marshall; North Beltrami; Pennington; Red Lake; East Polk; North Clearwater; South Beltrami

25. Winter Weather Advisory for: Sherburne; Isanti; Chisago; Meeker; Wright; McLeod; Polk; Barron; Rusk

26. Winter Weather Advisory for: Stevens; Pope

27. Winter Weather Advisory for: West Polk

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

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.

Next Topic: Snow