Forecast Details for Ellendale, ND

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Current Alerts for Ellendale, ND: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: Snow likely, mainly after 11am. Patchy blowing snow between 1pm and 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 37. Breezy, with an east wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Tonight: Snow. Low around 27. East wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Thursday: Snow, mainly before 1pm. Patchy blowing snow between 8am and 3pm. High near 34. Northeast wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 26. Northeast wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Friday: Snow. High near 33. Northeast wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Friday Night: Snow. Low around 26. North wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Saturday: Snow likely, mainly before 1pm. Patchy blowing snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a northwest wind 18 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: Patchy blowing snow before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 16. Blustery, with a northwest wind 13 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 38. Southwest wind 9 to 11 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Southwest wind around 10 mph becoming north after midnight.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. North wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. North wind 9 to 13 mph becoming east after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 39. Southeast wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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