Forecast Details for Butte, MT

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Overnight: Snow, mainly before 5am. Low around 20. Light north northwest wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Friday: Snow likely, mainly before noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 35. Light north northwest wind becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Friday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow before 8pm. Patchy fog after 5am. Widespread frost after 10pm. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 16. North northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming light and variable in the evening.

Saturday: A 20 percent chance of snow after noon. Patchy fog before 7am. Widespread frost before 11am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 41. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph in the afternoon.

Saturday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. North wind around 5 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Sunday: A 40 percent chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Sunday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow, mainly before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Monday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Tuesday: A slight chance of snow between noon and 3pm, then a slight chance of rain after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 50.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain and snow. Snow level rising to 6300 feet in the afternoon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 53.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 30.

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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