Forecast Details for Wildrose, ND

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Today: A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly after 2pm. Patchy blowing snow after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 21. Breezy, with a light east wind increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of snow, mainly before midnight. Patchy blowing snow before midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 1. Wind chill values as low as -15. Blustery, with a northeast wind 15 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 13. Wind chill values as low as -15. Northwest wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around -2. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 23. Southeast wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 16. Breezy, with a southeast wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Tuesday: A chance of rain and snow before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 21 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. West wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Breezy, with a west wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. West wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Breezy, with a west wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Northwest wind 15 to 17 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 65. Breezy, with a southwest wind 17 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 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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