Forecast Details for Ryegate, MT

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Current Alerts for Ryegate, MT: High Wind Watch

Today: A chance of rain and snow before 3pm, then a slight chance of snow after 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 43. West northwest wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Light west southwest wind becoming west 10 to 15 mph after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow before 8am, then a chance of snow between 8am and 11am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 45. West wind 18 to 23 mph increasing to 31 to 36 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. West wind 18 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 52. West wind 21 to 31 mph increasing to 31 to 41 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 33. West wind 18 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph.

Friday: A slight chance of rain and snow after 11am. Partly sunny, with a high near 53. West northwest wind 15 to 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19. West northwest wind 7 to 17 mph becoming east northeast in the evening.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. East wind around 7 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 13. East wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm in the evening.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. West wind 3 to 6 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 54. West wind 6 to 13 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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Weather Topic: What are Fractus Clouds?

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A fractus cloud (scud) is a fragmented, tattered cloud which has likely been sheared off of another cloud. They are accessory clouds, meaning they develop from parent clouds, and are named in a way which describes the original cloud which contained them.

Fractus clouds which have originated from cumulus clouds are referred to as cumulus fractus, while fractus clouds which have originated from stratus clouds are referred to as stratus fractus. Under certain conditions a fractus cloud might merge with another cloud, or develop into a cumulus cloud, but usually a fractus cloud seen by itself will dissipate rapidly.

They are often observed on the leading and trailing edges of storm clouds, and are a display of wind activity.

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