Forecast Details for Timber Lake, SD

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Today: Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 62. Northwest wind 7 to 10 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Tonight: A slight chance of showers after 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 42. Breezy, with a southeast wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday: Showers likely, mainly before noon. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 60. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 18 to 23 mph becoming northwest 24 to 29 mph in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 35. Windy, with a west southwest wind 20 to 30 mph decreasing to 10 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.
Wednesday: A slight chance of showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. West southwest wind 10 to 16 mph becoming south southeast in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Wednesday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. South wind 10 to 16 mph becoming north after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 53. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 11 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Thursday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 34. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Friday: A chance of showers, mainly after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy, with a northwest wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday Night: A chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Saturday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What is Rain?

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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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