Forecast Details for Starkweather, ND

Recent Locations: Starkweather, ND

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 54. Light north northeast wind becoming east northeast 6 to 11 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 73. East wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 56. East wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Sunday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 73. East southeast wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 58. Southeast wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. South southeast wind 7 to 9 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 60. South southeast wind around 7 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. South wind 6 to 8 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 61. South southeast wind around 7 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 85. South southeast wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind around 10 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. South wind 10 to 13 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 57. North northwest wind 8 to 10 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 75. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

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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