Forecast Details for Drayton, ND

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Tonight: Areas of smoke. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Calm wind becoming south southeast 5 to 7 mph after midnight.

Sunday: A chance of showers between 1pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. Areas of smoke before 3pm, then areas of smoke after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 75. Southeast wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then a chance of showers after 10pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. East wind 6 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Southeast wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Monday Night: A chance of thunderstorms before 7pm, then a slight chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Southeast wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Southeast wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 64. South southeast wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 83. Southwest wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 63. South wind 7 to 10 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 84. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Thursday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. South wind 6 to 9 mph.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 81. West southwest wind 7 to 11 mph.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 60. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 76. Northwest wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

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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.

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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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