Forecast Details for Champlin, MN

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Overnight: Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday: Showers likely, mainly before 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. West wind around 5 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers before 10pm, then a chance of showers after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. North northeast wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. North northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming east southeast in the morning.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then showers likely between 1am and 4am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. East southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Monday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. High near 64. East southeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New rainfall amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Monday Night: Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. West northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light in the evening.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Light north northwest wind increasing to 5 to 10 mph in the morning.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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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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