Forecast Details for Lefor, ND

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Current Alerts for Lefor, ND: Winter Storm Watch

Overnight: Patchy freezing rain. Areas of fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a steady temperature around 29. Southeast wind around 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: Patchy freezing rain before 10am. Areas of fog before noon. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a southeast wind 14 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow before 8pm, then snow. Some thunder is also possible. Low around 25. East wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Friday: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 30. East wind 14 to 16 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Friday Night: Snow likely, mainly before midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 21. Northwest wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Northwest wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. West wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Northwest wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. North wind 9 to 11 mph becoming northeast after midnight.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 37. Northeast wind 10 to 16 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Breezy, with a southeast wind 16 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. Windy, with a south wind 23 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Breezy, with a south wind 20 to 22 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy.

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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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