Forecast Details for Balta, ND

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Current Alerts for Balta, ND: Special Weather Statement

Tonight: Snow likely, possibly mixed with sleet before 1am, then snow. Low around 22. Blustery, with a north wind 15 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of snow before 9am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 32. Windy, with a northwest wind 18 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Blustery, with a northwest wind 18 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a northwest wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. Northwest wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 45. West wind 5 to 8 mph becoming south in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Southeast wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. Breezy, with a south wind 17 to 20 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. North wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 66. Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon.

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

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 71. Southeast wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. East wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 68. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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