Forecast Details for Billings, MT

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Current Alerts for Billings, MT: Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: A chance of freezing rain. Cloudy, with a low around 29. North wind around 5 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 51. Light and variable wind becoming east 5 to 8 mph in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 35. East wind 5 to 8 mph becoming calm after midnight.

Thursday: A slight chance of freezing rain before 8am, then a slight chance of rain and snow showers between 8am and 9am, then rain showers after 9am. Some thunder is also possible. High near 55. Light northeast wind becoming north northeast 11 to 16 mph in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: Rain before midnight, then rain and snow. Low around 32. West northwest wind 14 to 16 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: Snow before noon, then rain and snow likely. High near 42. Northwest wind 9 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Friday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow before 9pm, then a slight chance of rain between 9pm and midnight. Cloudy during the early evening, then gradual clearing, with a low around 27. North northwest wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 58. West southwest wind 6 to 8 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. Southwest wind 7 to 11 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 67. West southwest wind 9 to 13 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. West southwest wind 7 to 11 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Northwest wind 7 to 11 mph becoming east northeast in the afternoon.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37. East wind 7 to 11 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70. Southwest wind 7 to 14 mph.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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Rain Next Topic: Shelf Clouds

Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain. Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.

Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island. Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of cities is 30% greater.

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Weather Topic: What is Sleet?

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Sleet Next Topic: Snow

Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones, and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.

The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is freezing rain.

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