Forecast Details for Mapleton, ND

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Overnight: Snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. East wind 13 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Thursday: Snow. High near 34. East northeast wind 15 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Thursday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow, mainly before 11pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northeast wind 9 to 14 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A chance of snow before 1pm, then snow likely, possibly mixed with rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Friday Night: Snow, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 1am. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 30. North northeast wind around 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Saturday: Snow, mainly before 1pm. High near 35. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 18 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. Blustery, with a northwest wind 11 to 21 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 39. West wind 10 to 17 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Northwest wind around 15 mph.

Monday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 34. North wind 14 to 18 mph.

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

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Breezy, with a south southeast wind around 21 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Breezy, with a south wind 20 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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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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