Forecast Details for Fort Yates, ND

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Current Alerts for Fort Yates, ND: Wind Advisory

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Windy, with a northwest wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 11 to 16 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of rain after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 52. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain before 10pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 29. West wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 48. West wind 7 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Southwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming east in the evening.

Sunday: Rain likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. East wind 8 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Sunday Night: Rain. Low around 35. Breezy, with a northeast wind 14 to 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Monday: Rain likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 44. Windy, with a north wind 25 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain, mixing with snow after 10pm, then gradually ending. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Blustery, with a northwest wind 19 to 24 mph decreasing to 9 to 14 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Northwest wind 7 to 11 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Northwest wind 6 to 13 mph.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Northwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. North wind 7 to 16 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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