Forecast Details for Opheim, MT

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Current Alerts for Opheim, MT: Lake Wind Advisory Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: Patchy freezing fog after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 20 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Thursday: A slight chance of snow between 2pm and 3pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a high near 38. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 22 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: Snow. Low around 24. Breezy, with an east wind 14 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Friday: Snow likely, mainly before noon. Cloudy, with a high near 37. East northeast wind 8 to 13 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. North northwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming west after midnight.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. West southwest wind 7 to 11 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45. North northwest wind 9 to 13 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. North wind 11 to 14 mph becoming east after midnight.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 41. East wind 11 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Monday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Southeast wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Breezy.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow. Partly cloudy, with a low around 30. Breezy.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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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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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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