Forecast Details for Fort Benton, MT

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Overnight: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. West northwest wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Friday: Snow showers likely, mainly between 9am and 3pm. Patchy blowing snow between 11am and 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Friday Night: A chance of snow showers before 8pm, then a chance of snow showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 8 to 13 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. West wind 7 to 10 mph.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. East northeast wind 6 to 10 mph.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Northeast wind 6 to 9 mph. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. East northeast wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light after midnight.

Monday: A slight chance of snow before noon, then a slight chance of rain and snow between noon and 3pm, then a slight chance of rain after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 53. Calm wind becoming south southeast around 6 mph in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Tuesday: A slight chance of rain after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 59.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 60.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 62.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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