Forecast Details for Chaska, MN

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Current Alerts for Chaska, MN: Winter Storm Warning

Overnight: Freezing rain and sleet likely. Cloudy, with a low around 31. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Total nighttime sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Rain and freezing rain, possibly mixed with sleet before 4pm, then rain between 4pm and 5pm, then rain, possibly mixed with snow after 5pm. High near 36. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of 0.1 to 0.2 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 8pm, then a chance of rain between 8pm and 10pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 27. North wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday: A chance of rain and thunderstorms, then rain and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 40. East wind 5 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday Night: Rain and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 32. East northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: Rain and snow likely before 10am, then snow likely between 10am and 3pm, then a chance of rain and snow after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 39. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Saturday Night: Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 28. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 46. West northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. West northwest wind around 10 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. East wind 5 to 15 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. South southeast wind around 15 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. South wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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