Forecast Details for Petersburg, ND

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Tonight: Patchy dense fog. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Northwest wind around 14 mph.

Sunday: A 20 percent chance of snow between 3pm and 4pm. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a west wind 14 to 19 mph increasing to 21 to 26 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 16. Blustery, with a north wind 16 to 22 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 Sleet?

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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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