Forecast Details for Petersburg, ND

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Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of snow, mainly before 8am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a west wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 18 to 23 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 16. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 27. North wind 11 to 14 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 14. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of snow after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 14 to 19 mph increasing to 21 to 26 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph.

Tuesday Night: A chance of rain and snow after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 25 to 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Windy, with a south southwest wind 21 to 30 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Blustery, with a northwest wind 17 to 26 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 35. North northwest wind 13 to 15 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. East southeast wind around 10 mph.

Friday: A slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. South southeast wind 11 to 15 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. North wind around 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Southeast wind 11 to 16 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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