Forecast Details for Lawton, ND

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Today: A slight chance of rain and snow before 3pm, then a slight chance of snow between 3pm and 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a north northwest wind 13 to 18 mph increasing to 24 to 29 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight: A slight chance of rain and snow before 7pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 16. Blustery, with a north wind 15 to 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 10%.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 27. North wind 11 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 17. North wind 6 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight.

Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of snow after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 31. 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.

Tuesday Night: Snow likely, mainly after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 28. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 20 to 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Wednesday: Rain and snow likely, mainly before 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38. Breezy, with a south wind 16 to 24 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow before 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 21 to 24 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 33. Northwest wind 11 to 17 mph.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. West northwest wind 6 to 9 mph becoming south southeast in the evening.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. West wind 6 to 11 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Southwest wind around 11 mph becoming south southeast in the evening.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. South wind 11 to 18 mph.

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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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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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