Forecast Details for Butte, MT

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Tonight: A 10 percent chance of snow after 5am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 24. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming south after midnight.

Saturday: A slight chance of snow before 8am, then a slight chance of rain after 4pm. Snow level rising to 7300 feet in the afternoon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 47. West northwest wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 35. West wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 53. Windy, with a west southwest wind 11 to 21 mph increasing to 22 to 32 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 48 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain before 11pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 11pm and 2am, then a slight chance of snow after 2am. Snow level 7000 feet lowering to 5600 feet after midnight . Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Windy, with a west wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 18 to 23 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 46 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Monday: A 30 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Windy. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 17. Blustery.

Tuesday: A slight chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 32. Breezy.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 17. Breezy.

Wednesday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Breezy.

Wednesday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Breezy.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Windy.

Thursday Night: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Windy.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

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Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?

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Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes (between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes water vapor to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.

In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.

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