Forecast Details for Zap, ND

Recent Locations: Rockingham, NC Mora, LA Zap, ND

Current Alerts for Zap, ND: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: Snow likely, mainly between 9am and 4pm. Patchy blowing snow after 11am. Cloudy, with a high near 33. Southeast wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly between 1am and 4am. Patchy fog after 10pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 26. East wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of snow, mainly after 7am. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 36. East wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Snow likely, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 24. East wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday: Snow. High near 33. Northeast wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Friday Night: Snow likely, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 21. North wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 18. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Light southwest wind increasing to 5 to 9 mph in the morning.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind 6 to 9 mph.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. North wind 7 to 10 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Southeast wind 8 to 10 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. South wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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