Forecast Details for Opheim, MT

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Current Alerts for Opheim, MT: Lake Wind Advisory

Today: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 41. Southeast wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Tonight: Patchy freezing fog after 5am. Cloudy during the early evening, then becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 25. East southeast wind 18 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of snow, mainly after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 37. Breezy, with an east southeast wind around 24 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: Snow. Low around 24. East wind 14 to 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Friday: Snow likely, mainly before noon. Cloudy, with a high near 36. East northeast wind 9 to 13 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. North wind 6 to 9 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. West southwest wind 7 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. West northwest wind around 9 mph becoming south southeast after midnight.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 51. West southwest wind 8 to 15 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain before midnight, then a slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. North northeast wind 11 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Northeast wind 11 to 15 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58.

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Weather Topic: What are Fractus Clouds?

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Fractus Clouds Next Topic: Freezing Rain

A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original cloud which contained them.

Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.

They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds, and are a display of wind activity.

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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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