Forecast Details for Williston, ND

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Current Alerts for Williston, ND: Special Weather Statement

Today: Cloudy, with a high near 40. Breezy, with an east wind 20 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Tonight: A chance of rain before 9pm, then a chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 28. Breezy, with an east wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Friday: Snow likely, mainly after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 36. Northeast wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Northeast wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 41. East wind 8 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Breezy, with a southeast wind 18 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Windy, with a southeast wind 22 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Breezy, with a southwest wind 16 to 22 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy, with a northwest wind 17 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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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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