Forecast Details for Ellendale, ND

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Today: A 20 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 9am. Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 79. Northeast wind 8 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 52. Northeast wind 5 to 8 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 80. North wind 5 to 13 mph becoming east in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Southeast wind 9 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 84. Southeast wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms between 1am and 4am, then a slight chance of showers after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Southeast wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Southeast wind 8 to 10 mph.

Friday Night: A slight chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 62. Northeast wind around 9 mph.

Saturday: A chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 83. Northeast wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 59. East wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Sunday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. East wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56. East wind 7 to 10 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 80. Southeast wind 7 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrostratus Clouds?

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Cirrostratus clouds are high, thin clouds that form above 20,000 feet and are made mostly of ice crystals. They sometimes look like giant feathers, horse tails, or curls of hair in the sky. These clouds are pushed by the jet stream and can move at high speeds reaching 100 mph.

What do they indicate?
They indicate that a precipitation is likely within 24 hours.

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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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