Forecast Details for Zap, ND

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Current Alerts for Zap, ND: Winter Storm Watch

Overnight: Patchy freezing rain. Patchy fog. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 28. East wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: Patchy freezing rain before 3pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 3pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of rain after 4pm. Patchy fog before 1pm. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 38. East wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow before 7pm, then snow. Low around 25. East wind 9 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Friday: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. High near 31. Northeast wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%.

Friday Night: Snow likely, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 20. North wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 42. Northwest wind around 10 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind 3 to 7 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Northwest wind 7 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. North wind 5 to 11 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 38. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. Southeast wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 50. Windy, with a southeast wind 22 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 31. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 22 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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