Forecast Details for Cartwright, ND

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Tonight: Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 28. Southeast wind 13 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of rain, mainly after 5pm. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 42. Breezy, with an east wind 14 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Thursday Night: Snow likely, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 27. East wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Friday: Snow likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 38. Northeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. North wind 6 to 10 mph becoming northwest after midnight.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. West wind 6 to 9 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 52. Northwest wind 7 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Northeast wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 44. East wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Southeast wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 59. Breezy, with a southeast wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 55. Breezy.

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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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