Forecast Details for Portland, ND

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Tonight: A chance of rain and snow before 1am, then a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. East wind 7 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Snow before 4pm, then snow, possibly mixed with rain. High near 33. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 16 to 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Thursday Night: Snow likely, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. North northeast wind 11 to 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Friday: Snow likely before 4pm, then snow likely, possibly mixed with rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Northeast wind 13 to 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Snow, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 10pm. Low around 29. North northeast wind 16 to 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: Snow likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Breezy, with a north wind 21 to 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Blustery, with a northwest wind 13 to 22 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Breezy, with a west wind 13 to 21 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northwest wind around 18 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of snow before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 32. Breezy, with a north wind 16 to 22 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 15. North wind 8 to 14 mph becoming east after midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 11 to 16 mph increasing to 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 29. Breezy, with a south southeast wind around 23 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 44. Breezy, with a southwest wind 22 to 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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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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