Forecast Details for Cologne, MN

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Current Alerts for Cologne, MN: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: Snow, mainly before 5pm. High near 19. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of snow before 7pm. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 4. North wind around 5 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 23. North wind around 5 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 13. South wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 37. South wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of snow before 10pm, then a chance of rain and snow between 10pm and 2am, then a chance of snow after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. South wind 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tuesday: A slight chance of snow before 9am, then a slight chance of rain between 9am and noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. North wind around 5 mph becoming south after midnight.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. East southeast wind around 10 mph becoming north northwest after midnight.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

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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.

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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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