Forecast Details for Balta, ND

Recent Locations: Monticello, FL Mount Angel, OR Balta, ND

Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Areas of smoke. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 72. Northwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tonight: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 7pm. Areas of smoke. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. North wind 8 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday: Areas of smoke before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. North wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 63. Windy, with a southwest wind 9 to 14 mph becoming northwest 21 to 26 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.

Thursday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Windy, with a northwest wind 16 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 59. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Friday Night: Patchy frost after 5am. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Northwest wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Saturday: Patchy frost before 8am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 63. Northwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 40. Northeast wind around 6 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 72. South wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 49. South wind around 10 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Southwest wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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