Forecast Details for Turtle Lake, ND

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Current Alerts for Turtle Lake, ND: Winter Weather Advisory

Tonight: Cloudy, with a low around 24. East wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Wednesday: Snow likely, mainly before 2pm. Patchy blowing snow after 11am. Cloudy, with a high near 33. Breezy, with a southeast wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Wednesday Night: Snow likely, mainly after 1am. Patchy blowing snow before 9pm. Cloudy, with a low around 25. East wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Snow likely. Patchy blowing snow between noon and 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 34. East wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

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. Cloudy, with a high near 33. Northeast wind 13 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Friday Night: Snow likely, mainly before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. North wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday: A slight chance of snow before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 38. Northwest wind 15 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph becoming southwest after midnight.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. South wind 9 to 14 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. South wind 11 to 14 mph becoming northeast after midnight.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. North wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. East wind 14 to 16 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 44. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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 Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

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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