Forecast Details for Napoleon, ND

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Current Alerts for Napoleon, ND: Special Weather Statement

Tonight: A slight chance of freezing rain after 5am. Patchy fog after 10pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Sunday: A slight chance of freezing rain before 7am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a west wind 11 to 20 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 15. North wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 26. North wind around 9 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 13. Southeast wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of snow before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Windy, with a south wind 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Windy, with a south wind 23 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Windy, with a west wind 20 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Blustery, with a northwest wind 13 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Northwest wind 11 to 13 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. East wind around 11 mph.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Southeast wind 11 to 14 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. East wind around 11 mph.

Saturday: A chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 45.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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