Forecast Details for Maple Plain, MN

Recent Locations: Antelope, OR Stanton, NE Maple Plain, MN

Today: Widespread dense fog, mainly before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Calm wind becoming east around 5 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 59. East southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Friday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then a slight chance of showers between 11am and 1pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night: Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 76. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of thunderstorms before 7pm. Patchy fog after 1am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Sunday: Patchy fog before 8am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 74. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. South southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Labor Day: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 73. Calm wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the morning.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. South wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. South southwest wind around 5 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. South southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west northwest after midnight.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 65. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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