Forecast Details for Fessenden, ND

Recent Locations: Fessenden, ND  
This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 69. Breezy, with a southeast wind 20 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Windy, with a southeast wind 17 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.
Monday: Showers likely before 1pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1pm and 3pm, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. Windy, with a southeast wind 24 to 33 mph, with gusts as high as 48 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Monday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 10pm, then showers between 10pm and 1am, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1am. Low around 49. Windy, with a southeast wind 25 to 31 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Tuesday: Showers likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Tuesday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. South wind 9 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 60. East wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Wednesday Night: A chance of showers, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42. North wind 13 to 18 mph.
Thursday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. North wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. North wind 9 to 14 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 64. Breezy, with a northwest wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 43. Northwest wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

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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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