Forecast Details for Riverdale, ND

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Current Alerts for Riverdale, ND: Winter Storm Watch Winter Weather Advisory

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of snow between 1am and 2am. Patchy blowing snow before 9pm. Cloudy, with a low around 28. Southeast wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of snow, mainly after noon. Patchy blowing snow after 10am. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 37. East wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Snow likely. Patchy blowing snow before 9pm. Cloudy, with a low around 26. East wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Friday: Snow. High near 34. Northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Friday Night: Snow likely, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 23. North wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Northwest wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. West wind 6 to 9 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. West wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. North wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 38. Northeast wind around 11 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Southeast wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Windy, with a southeast wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 51. Breezy.

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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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