Forecast Details for Ryegate, MT

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Current Alerts for Ryegate, MT: High Wind Watch

Overnight: A chance of rain and snow, mainly after 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 31. West northwest wind 10 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday: Rain and snow likely before 3pm, then a slight chance of snow after 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 43. West northwest wind 6 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday Night: 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 are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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