Forecast Details for Onida, SD

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This Afternoon: A slight chance of showers after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a steady temperature around 50. Southwest wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: Showers likely, mainly before 9pm. Cloudy, with a low around 33. West wind 6 to 8 mph becoming south in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Saturday: A chance of rain and snow showers before 2pm, then a slight chance of rain showers between 2pm and 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. North northwest wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Saturday Night: A chance of showers, mainly after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. East southeast wind 5 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: Showers, mainly after 7am. High near 52. Breezy, with an east wind 13 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Showers. Low around 39. East northeast wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Monday: Showers. High near 51. Windy, with a north northwest wind 22 to 31 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.

Monday Night: A slight chance of showers before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Blustery, with a northwest wind 24 to 29 mph decreasing to 11 to 16 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: A slight chance of showers after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 55. Northwest wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 60. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32.

Thursday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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