Forecast Details for Opal, WY

Recent Locations: Hoosick Falls, NY North Garden, VA Opal, WY

Current Alerts for Opal, WY: Air Quality Alert

This Afternoon: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 71. Breezy, with a southwest wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Tonight: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 9pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 47. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 19 to 24 mph becoming east northeast 5 to 10 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph.

Sunday: Increasing clouds, with a high near 77. Breezy, with a northwest wind 6 to 11 mph becoming west 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 12 to 17 mph becoming north 5 to 10 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. Light northwest wind becoming west 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 47. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light northwest in the evening.

Tuesday: A slight chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 74. Light and variable wind becoming southwest 5 to 9 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before midnight, then a slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Wednesday: A 10 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 73.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 69.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Friday: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 65.

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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratus Clouds?

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Stratus clouds are similar to altostratus clouds, but form at a lower altitude and are identified by their fog-like appearance, lacking the distinguishing features of most clouds.

Stratus clouds are wider than most clouds, and their base has a smooth, uniform look which is lighter in color than a nimbostratus cloud. The presence of a stratus cloud indicates the possibility of minor precipitation, such as drizzle, but heavier precipitation does not typically arrive in the form of a stratus cloud.

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