Forecast Details for Detroit Lakes, MN

Recent Locations: Box Springs, GA Winchester, KY Detroit Lakes, MN

Today: A 30 percent chance of snow before 9am. Patchy blowing snow after 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a temperature falling to around 17 by noon. Blustery, with a northwest wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -3. Northwest wind 6 to 16 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 15. Northwest wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. South wind 3 to 8 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 36. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. Southwest wind 9 to 13 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 13 to 22 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -1. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 17 to 22 mph decreasing to 11 to 16 mph after midnight.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 8. North northwest wind 10 to 13 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -10. North northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming east after midnight.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 16. Southeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. South southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 28. South wind 9 to 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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Weather Topic: What is Drizzle?

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Drizzle Next Topic: Evaporation

Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are smaller than raindrops.

Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle, a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface. Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can potentially result in hazardous road conditions.

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