Forecast Details for Raymond, SD

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Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around -7. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 6 mph after midnight.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 29. South southeast wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 13 to 18 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 26. South wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a southwest wind 14 to 23 mph becoming north northwest in the afternoon.

Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 11. North northwest wind 7 to 13 mph.

Wednesday: Snow likely, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 29. Northeast wind 7 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the morning. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Wednesday Night: A slight chance of snow before midnight. Partly cloudy, with a low around 9. East wind around 14 mph becoming west northwest in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 42. West southwest wind 11 to 17 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. South southwest wind 10 to 14 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy.

Friday Night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 11. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 23.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 4.

Sunday: A slight chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 26. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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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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