Forecast Details for Heart Butte, MT

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Overnight: A 40 percent chance of rain. Cloudy, with a low around 33. West northwest wind around 5 mph.

Thursday: Rain and snow, becoming all snow after 10am. High near 39. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Thursday Night: Snow likely, mainly before 2am. Patchy blowing snow before 7pm. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Blustery, with a northwest wind 17 to 22 mph decreasing to 9 to 14 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 44. West wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 17 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 50. West wind 17 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48. West northwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 39.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Windy.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Breezy.

Wednesday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38.

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Weather Topic: What are Fractus Clouds?

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A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original cloud which contained them.

Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.

They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds, and are a display of wind activity.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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