Forecast Details for Tulare, SD

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Today: Patchy fog between 7am and 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy, with a west wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 19 to 24 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 33. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18. Northeast wind 10 to 14 mph becoming east southeast after midnight.

Tuesday: A slight chance of snow before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 14 to 19 mph increasing to 23 to 28 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 17 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 13 to 18 mph increasing to 19 to 24 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow after 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Blustery, with a northwest wind 11 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: A slight chance of snow before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. North northeast wind 10 to 13 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain before 1am, then a chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

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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 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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