Forecast Details for Watford City, ND

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Overnight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. Light southeast wind.
Sunday: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 74. South wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.
Monday: A chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 80. Light south wind increasing to 9 to 14 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 4am, then a chance of showers after 4am. Low around 52. South wind 9 to 13 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 69. Windy, with a west wind 16 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 53. Breezy, with a west wind 14 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 71. Windy, with a west wind 18 to 23 mph increasing to 24 to 29 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 39 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 49. Breezy, with a northwest wind 19 to 24 mph decreasing to 9 to 14 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 75. Northwest wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.
Thursday Night: Clear, with a low around 50. Northwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 76. Northwest wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 50. North wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 71.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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