Forecast Details for Fort Yates, ND

Recent Locations: Slater, IA Adams, NE Fort Yates, ND

Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. Northeast wind around 9 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. East wind 8 to 11 mph.

Monday Night: Rain likely, mainly before 11pm. Increasing clouds, with a low around 28. Blustery, with a northwest wind 14 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Windy, with a northwest wind 16 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. North wind 10 to 14 mph becoming east after midnight.

Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a southeast wind 18 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 26. Breezy, with an east wind 16 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Thursday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Breezy, with an east wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Thursday Night: Snow likely, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Breezy, with an east wind 20 to 22 mph.

Friday: Snow. Cloudy, with a high near 34. Breezy, with an east wind 18 to 21 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. North wind 16 to 18 mph.

Saturday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a northwest wind 21 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 20. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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