Forecast Details for Balta, ND

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Today: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Windy, with a north wind 21 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

Tonight: A slight chance of rain before 9pm, then snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 22. Blustery, with a north wind 15 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A 10 percent chance of snow before 7am. Partly sunny, with a high near 32. Windy, with a northwest wind 17 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Blustery, with a northwest wind 18 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a northwest wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 23. Northwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 46. West wind 6 to 8 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Breezy, with a south wind 14 to 20 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. West wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 66. Northwest wind 9 to 15 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42. East wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. Breezy, with an east wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?

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Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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