Forecast Details for Kensal, ND

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Tonight: Areas of smoke. Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 47. North wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Wednesday: Areas of smoke before 10am. Partly sunny, with a high near 58. North wind 11 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40. North wind 8 to 13 mph becoming light and variable. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Thursday: A 50 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. Windy, with a southwest wind 9 to 14 mph becoming northwest 20 to 25 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Windy, with a northwest wind 17 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Breezy, with a northwest wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. Northwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 61. Northwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 39. North wind around 6 mph becoming south after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 67. South wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 48. Southeast wind 8 to 10 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72. South wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 51. Southeast wind 8 to 10 mph becoming north after midnight.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 72.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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