Forecast Details for Belt, MT

Recent Locations: Belt, MT

Tonight: A slight chance of rain before 10pm, then a slight chance of rain after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. West southwest wind 5 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: Rain likely, mainly after 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 54. West southwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: Rain likely, mainly before 11pm. Cloudy, with a low around 45. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph becoming west southwest in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Saturday: Rain likely, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. East northeast wind 6 to 9 mph becoming southeast in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: Rain likely, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. South southwest wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Southwest wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Southwest wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Monday: A chance of rain, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 56. Breezy, with a southwest wind 16 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain, mixing with snow after 9pm, then gradually ending. Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Breezy.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 56.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 35.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 67.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46.

Thursday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 72.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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