Forecast Details for Sentinel Butte, ND

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Current Alerts for Sentinel Butte, ND: Fire Weather Watch

Tonight: Increasing clouds, with a low around 51. West wind 6 to 10 mph becoming east in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 89. South wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain after midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. West wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Thursday: Rain likely, mainly after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 52. Windy, with a west wind 20 to 25 mph increasing to 27 to 32 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 43 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 9pm, then a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Windy, with a west wind 20 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. Breezy, with a west wind 20 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Blustery, with a northwest wind 17 to 22 mph decreasing to 9 to 14 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45. West wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind 5 to 14 mph becoming northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: A chance of snow after noon, mixing with rain after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 45. Northeast wind 5 to 11 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Northeast wind 5 to 11 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 46. North wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming west after midnight.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 54.

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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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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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