Forecast Details for Lincoln, MT

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Overnight: Rain and snow likely, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 33. Light east wind. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday: Rain and snow before 11am, then a chance of snow between 11am and 2pm. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 39. West southwest wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow between 2am and 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 1. Wind chill values as low as -10. Light and variable wind becoming east northeast 5 to 8 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday: Snow. High near 14. Wind chill values as low as -15. East northeast wind 6 to 8 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Wednesday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -3. East northeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: A 40 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 28. Calm wind. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 7. Calm wind. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday: A chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 29. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Friday Night: A slight chance of snow before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 7.

Saturday: A slight chance of snow after 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 34.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 10.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 19.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 46.

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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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