Forecast Details for Plaza, ND

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Tonight: A slight chance of rain between midnight and 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 30. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming southwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 19. North wind 8 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 36. North wind 7 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Southeast wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 52. Windy, with a south wind 20 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain before 1am, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 24 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow before 1pm, then a chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Windy, with a northwest wind 23 to 31 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Blustery, with a north wind 19 to 24 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 39. North wind 9 to 11 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Southeast wind 9 to 11 mph.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. East wind 8 to 11 mph becoming west in the morning.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. North wind around 10 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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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 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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