Forecast Details for Ryegate, MT

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This Afternoon: Isolated snow showers after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. West northwest wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Isolated snow showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. North northwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming east northeast in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: A 50 percent chance of snow showers after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 39. East northeast wind 6 to 15 mph. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Sunday Night: Snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 25. Northeast wind 5 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Monday: Snow likely before 3pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. East northeast wind around 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Monday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. East southeast wind around 6 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: A slight chance of snow showers before 9am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 9am and noon, then a chance of rain showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Light west wind becoming west northwest 6 to 11 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tuesday Night: A 20 percent chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. North northwest wind 8 to 13 mph becoming light and variable.

Wednesday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. West wind 5 to 9 mph becoming north northeast in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. North wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Light and variable wind.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. East wind around 6 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Light and variable wind becoming south 6 to 11 mph in the afternoon.

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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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