Forecast Details for Balta, ND

Recent Locations: Loudon, TN Cascade, VA Balta, ND

Today: A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly after 10am. Patchy blowing snow after 10am. Cloudy, with a high near 34. Breezy, with a southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight: A 50 percent chance of snow. Patchy blowing snow before 9pm. Cloudy, with a low around 27. East wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of snow. Patchy blowing snow after 9am. Cloudy, with a high near 34. East wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 26. Northeast wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Friday: Snow likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. Northeast wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: Snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 24. Northeast wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of snow before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Northwest wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. Northwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Southwest wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. North wind around 11 mph.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Northeast wind 11 to 14 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. Northeast wind around 10 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. South wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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