Forecast Details for Jordan, MT

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This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 84. West northwest wind around 6 mph becoming south southeast.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 51. East southeast wind 7 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 3pm. Cloudy through mid morning, then becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 84. Southeast wind 6 to 16 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph.

Wednesday Night: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm. Low around 36. Breezy, with a west wind 20 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Thursday: Rain showers before 9am, then rain, possibly mixed with snow showers between 9am and noon, then a chance of rain showers after noon. High near 45. Windy, with a northwest wind 30 to 36 mph, with gusts as high as 49 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain showers before 9pm, then a chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 14 to 19 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. West northwest wind 16 to 21 mph decreasing to 9 to 14 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 31 mph.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 42. West northwest wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Northwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming light after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 46. North wind 5 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 51.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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