Forecast Details for Mud Butte, SD

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Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. Southwest wind around 8 mph.

Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 71. Southwest wind 7 to 11 mph becoming west in the morning. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. Southeast wind 11 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a southwest wind 15 to 20 mph becoming northwest 24 to 29 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph.

Thursday Night: Rain showers before 1am, then rain and snow showers likely between 1am and 2am, then snow showers likely after 2am. Low around 29. Windy, with a north wind 28 to 31 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. Windy, with a northwest wind 28 to 37 mph, with gusts as high as 48 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Windy, with a northwest wind 29 to 34 mph decreasing to 21 to 26 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 44 mph.

Saturday: A slight chance of snow showers after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Breezy, with a northwest wind 21 to 29 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 25. Blustery.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 62.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 32.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 70. Breezy.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 44. Breezy.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Breezy.

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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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