Forecast Details for Tower City, ND

Recent Locations: Whiteville, TN Upper Black Eddy, PA Tower City, ND

Overnight: Areas of smoke. Partly cloudy, with a low around 54. Calm wind.

Wednesday: Areas of smoke before 4pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Light east southeast wind becoming southeast 8 to 13 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. Southeast wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: A slight chance of thunderstorms before 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind 8 to 11 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 76. North wind around 10 mph.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Northeast wind 8 to 10 mph.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 76. East northeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. East northeast wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. East wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. East southeast wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. East southeast wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. East wind 6 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Southeast wind 7 to 10 mph.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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