Forecast Details for Sentinel Butte, ND

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Today: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 5pm. Increasing clouds, with a high near 54. Breezy, with a northwest wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.

Tonight: A chance of rain and snow before 10pm, then a slight chance of snow between 10pm and 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Blustery, with a northwest wind 14 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a northwest wind 16 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 18. Blustery, with a west wind 16 to 21 mph decreasing to 9 to 14 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northwest wind 6 to 15 mph becoming southeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 61. Southeast wind 6 to 11 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. South wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 72. South wind 11 to 13 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Northwest wind 8 to 11 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 75. Southeast wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. Southeast wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 69. Southeast wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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