Forecast Details for Butte, MT

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This Afternoon: Partly sunny, with a high near 48. West northwest wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tonight: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 34. Northwest wind 8 to 11 mph becoming south southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. Windy, with a west southwest wind 11 to 21 mph increasing to 22 to 32 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 48 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain after 11pm, mixing with snow after 2am. Snow level 7100 feet lowering to 5600 feet after midnight . Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Windy, with a west wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 18 to 23 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 46 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: A 40 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. Windy, with a west wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 26 to 31 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 41 mph. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Blustery.

Tuesday: A 40 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 30. Blustery. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 14. Blustery.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 41. Breezy.

Wednesday Night: A chance of snow, mainly after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Thursday: Rain and snow likely. Snow level rising to 5800 feet in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. Windy.

Thursday Night: Rain and snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Windy.

Friday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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