Forecast Details for Oakes, ND

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Overnight: Scattered showers, mainly before 2am. Areas of smoke. Cloudy, with a low around 49. North wind around 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday: Areas of smoke before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. North wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 38. North wind 9 to 14 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Thursday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 67. Breezy, with a southwest wind 7 to 12 mph becoming northwest 17 to 22 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 44. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 60. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. Northwest wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 64. Northwest wind 6 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. North wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 70. Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. Southeast wind around 9 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 76. South wind 8 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. South wind 7 to 9 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 74.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are smaller than raindrops.

Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle, a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface. Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can potentially result in hazardous road conditions.

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