Forecast Details for Colstrip, MT

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This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 86. West northwest wind 7 to 9 mph.

Tonight: A 20 percent chance of showers before midnight. Mostly clear, with a low around 63. Northwest wind around 6 mph becoming east southeast in the evening.

Monday: Increasing clouds and hot, with a high near 92. Southeast wind 7 to 14 mph.

Monday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 62. South wind 7 to 14 mph becoming east after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 84. West northwest wind 7 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 60. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph becoming light and variable after midnight.

Wednesday: Sunny and hot, with a high near 91. Light and variable wind becoming north northwest around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 64. North wind around 6 mph becoming east southeast after midnight.

Thursday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 90. Southeast wind 5 to 7 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon.

Thursday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. North northwest wind 6 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. North northwest wind around 8 mph.

Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. North northwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west after midnight.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 74. Northwest wind 6 to 9 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

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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