Forecast Details for Baker, MT

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Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. South southeast wind 8 to 10 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 75. South southwest wind 8 to 14 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 84. Southeast wind 8 to 10 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. West southwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming east southeast in the evening.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 84. South southeast wind 10 to 18 mph.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. South southwest wind 13 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday: Rain showers before noon, then rain and snow. Some thunder is also possible. Steady temperature around 42. West northwest wind 22 to 27 mph increasing to 32 to 37 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers before 9pm, then a chance of snow showers between 9pm and midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. West northwest wind 24 to 32 mph, with gusts as high as 44 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. West northwest wind 22 to 26 mph.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. West northwest wind 17 to 22 mph decreasing to 11 to 16 mph after midnight.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42. West northwest wind 10 to 17 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind 5 to 11 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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