Forecast Details for Turtle Lake, ND

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Current Alerts for Turtle Lake, ND: Special Weather Statement Winter Storm Watch

Today: Areas of freezing rain before 11am, then a slight chance of snow after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 36. East wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tonight: A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 27. East wind 13 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 33. Northeast wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.

Friday Night: Snow likely, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Northwest wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. West wind 7 to 10 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Northwest wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. North wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 37. North wind 9 to 11 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Southeast wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45. Windy, with a southeast wind 23 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Windy, with a south wind 20 to 25 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy, with a northwest wind 18 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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