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NORTH DAKOTA · MOUNTRAIL COUNTY

Palermo

122 people, 2,200 ft above sea level in Mountrail County.

2,200 ftElevation, city center
122People, 2024 estimate
2 sq miLand area
Clear 38°
Clear now Dew point 34° · NNW 9 mph · high 40°
City of Palermo River Interstate 2 miles
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The Palermo plate. Relief from Copernicus GLO-30; rivers and lakes from USGS NHD; watersheds from the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset; roads and city limits from Census TIGER 2024.

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TODAY

Today in Palermo

NWS forecast and National Blend of Models · updated 5:00 PM CST
RIGHT NOW India(Palermo) TG (K1IN) · 5:55 PM
Clear
38° Clear Feels like 31° · high of 40° near 6 PM
WindNNW 9 mphno gusts
Humidity84%rising to 100% by morning
Pressure29.83 in →steady
Visibility10 mihaze-free
CloudsClear
UV index—no forecast
Dew point 34° · Dryabout the same for three days
DryComfortableStickyMuggyOppressive
NEXT RAIN
Rain
Wednesday40% chance · showers
LIKELY AMOUNT—amounts come within 3 days
LAST RAINNov. 20.33 in · 12 dry days
ALERTS & OUTLOOKS
No watches or warnings for Mountrail County
NWS Bismarck and the Storm Prediction Center · checked 6:20 PM
SUN & MOON
↑ 7:54 AM5:12 PM ↓
9 h 17 m of daylight, 3 minutes less than yesterday
Waxing crescent, 27% lit. Next full moon: Nov. 24.
AIR & POLLEN
28
GOODAir quality index · fine particles
No pollen source yet.

The next three days, hour by hour

Sky: clear, cloudy, night Rain likely National Blend of Models
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HOW IT FEELS · DEW POINT
Dry: dew points 32 to 41°

The next seven days, and how sure we are

Forecast, with the range 8 in 10 ensemble members agree on Normal, about 80° / 62°
SAT Nov. 14 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
40° 32°
0% rain — SSE 14, gusts 26 A
SUN Nov. 15 Mostly sunny; warmer Mostly sunny; warmer
53° 33°
0% rain — SSW 10 B
MON Nov. 16 Partly cloudy Partly cloudy
56° 35°
0% rain — WSW 7 B
TUE Nov. 17 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
50° 31°
0% rain — ENE 8 B
WED Nov. 18 Chance of showers; cooler Chance of showers; cooler
39° 25°
40% rain up to 0.2″ NW 10 B
THU Nov. 19 Mostly cloudy Mostly cloudy
38° 25°
20% rain — E 6 B
FRI Nov. 20 Chance of showers Chance of showers
37° 22°
30% rain up to 0.1″ NNE 9 C
How sure are we? AModels agree: highs within 4° BSome spread: within 8° CWide spread: check back
Range from the National Blend of Models percentiles · graded on Forecast Scores
AIR MAIL

Where today’s air came from

The air arriving over Palermo about 5,000 feet above the ground was over the northern Rockies three days ago, about 870 miles back along its path. The nine paths traced from around the city fan out, so treat that as a best guess. It rose from near the ground on the way. Near the ground the air came from British Columbia; at 10,000 feet, from the Pacific north of Hawaii. It has stayed over land, which is why it feels dry. Traced back 72 hours through NOAA’s hourly RAP analyses and the GFS beyond them, nine paths at each of three heights.

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THE GROUND

What Palermo stands on

Palermo’s center stands about 2,200 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 2,100 ft to 2,290 ft, a difference of 190 ft: gently rolling country.

Under the town center the state geologic map shows Sentinel Butte Formation (siltstone, claystone, sandstone), from the Paleocene, 56 to 66 million years old.

Palermo, cut in half from northwest to southeast

A section northwest to southeast, 24 miles through the town center
2,100 ft2,200 ft2,300 ft2,400 ft PALERMO2,200 ftHigh point of the line2,410 ftLow point2,040 ft ← NWSE →

Heights every 0.1 mile from the Copernicus GLO-90 surface model; vertical exaggeration about 52×. The colored band under the surface is the rock the state geologic map shows at the surface, not a picture of what lies beneath.

Rock at the surface along the line

Sentinel Butte Formation

Siltstone, claystone, sandstone. Age: Paleocene, 56 to 66 million years old. About 24 mi of the line.

From the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation (Horton and others, 2017), the states’ geologic maps joined at a common scale.

Heights from Copernicus GLO-90 (a surface model: it includes buildings and tree canopy); summits from USGS GNIS; rivers from USGS NHDPlus HR; rock from the USGS State Geologic Map Compilation.
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ON THE NETWORK

Around Palermo on the Forecast Network

Neighboring plates

Minot ND · 44 MI 44 miles east Bismarck ND · 125 MI 125 miles southeast
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NORTH DAKOTA · MOUNTRAIL

Palermo

122 people, 2,200 ft above sea level in Mountrail County.

2,200 ftElevation
122People
2 sq miLand
Clear 38°
ClearDew point 34°
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Today in Palermo

NEXT 15 HOURS
Now partly cloudy night 40° 0%
9p partly cloudy night 37° 0%
12a mostly clear night 35° 0%
3a mostly clear night 34° 0%
6a mostly clear night 34° 0%
9a mostly sunny 36° 0%
Rain
NEXT RAINWednesday · 40%
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Wed40%
Chance of showers; cooler Chance of showers; cooler
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Thu20%
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Fri30%
Chance of showers Chance of showers
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Letters show how sure the forecast is: A, models agree; B, some spread; C, check back. Sample data.
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What Palermo stands on

Palermo’s center stands about 2,200 ft above sea level. Within three miles the land runs from 2,100 ft to 2,290 ft, a difference of 190 ft: gently rolling country.

Palermo, northwest to southeast Palermo2,200 ft ← NWSE → 24 miles through the town center; vertical exaggeration about 99×. Colors: rock at the surface.
Elevation, center2,200 ft
Within 3 miles2,100 to 2,290 ft
Lie of the landGently rolling (190 ft of relief)
Rock at the surfaceSentinel Butte Formation
Its agePaleocene, 56 to 66 million years old