Forecast Details for McVille, ND

Recent Locations: Cecil, PA Lorimor, IA McVille, ND

Today: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly between 1pm and 5pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tonight: A 40 percent chance of snow after 2am. Cloudy, with a low around 25. East southeast wind 14 to 17 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Snow likely, mainly after 7am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31. Blustery, with an east northeast wind 16 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 25. Northeast wind 11 to 17 mph.

Friday: Snow likely, mainly after 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 31. Northeast wind 13 to 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Friday Night: Snow. Low around 26. North wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of snow, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 30. Blustery, with a north wind 17 to 22 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 16. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 11 to 20 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 35. Southwest wind 9 to 13 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. West southwest wind around 11 mph becoming north after midnight.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 33. North wind 13 to 16 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15. North wind 8 to 10 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 34. South southeast wind 9 to 17 mph.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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