Forecast Details for Maddock, ND

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Today: Snow likely, mainly after 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 34. Northeast wind 6 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tonight: Snow, mainly before 5am. Low around 26. North wind 11 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before 7am. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 40. North northwest wind 15 to 18 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27. West wind 7 to 14 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 23 to 28 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 20. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 14 to 21 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 33. North wind 11 to 14 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 18. Northeast wind 8 to 13 mph becoming south southeast after midnight.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 38. Windy, with a south southeast wind 16 to 21 mph increasing to 26 to 31 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Breezy, with a south wind 21 to 25 mph.

Wednesday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 21 to 29 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Blustery, with a north wind 20 to 24 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a north northeast wind 20 to 22 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

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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