Forecast Details for Oakes, ND

Recent Locations: Walterville, OR Tekamah, NE Oakes, ND

Current Alerts for Oakes, ND: Special Weather Statement

This Afternoon: Patchy blowing snow before 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 21 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Tonight: Patchy fog after 10pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 23. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Sunday: A slight chance of freezing rain between 8am and 10am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 38. Northwest wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. North wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 28. North wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 11. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Tuesday: A slight chance of snow before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a south wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 19 to 24 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Breezy, with a south wind 20 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Windy, with a south wind 16 to 25 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Blustery, with a northwest wind 14 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 39. Northwest wind around 14 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Thursday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. East wind around 10 mph.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 44. East wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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