Forecast Details for Wolf Point, MT

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Today: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 89. East wind 9 to 13 mph.

Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Northeast wind 6 to 13 mph becoming west after midnight.

Friday: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms before 11am, then a slight chance of showers between 11am and noon, then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 83. West wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after 9pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 55. West northwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming east northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: A chance of showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between noon and 3pm, then a chance of showers after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 78. East southeast wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9pm, then a chance of showers between 9pm and midnight, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. East wind 5 to 8 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of showers before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. West southwest wind 5 to 7 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. West southwest wind around 6 mph becoming southeast in the evening.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 83. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. West northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Tuesday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 77. West northwest wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50.

Wednesday: A chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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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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