Forecast Details for Billings, MT

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Today: Isolated showers before 9am. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 54. Southwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming west northwest 18 to 23 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. West wind 13 to 15 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. West wind 16 to 21 mph increasing to 24 to 29 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37. West southwest wind 17 to 24 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. West southwest wind 17 to 21 mph.

Friday Night: A chance of rain and snow before 11pm, then a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Northeast wind 8 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: A 40 percent chance of snow before 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. East northeast wind 7 to 10 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. East northeast wind 5 to 11 mph becoming north after midnight.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Light and variable wind becoming east northeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. East wind 5 to 7 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 60. West southwest wind 5 to 9 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. West wind around 7 mph.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 62. West southwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?

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Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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