Forecast Details for Lefor, ND

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Today: Sunny, with a high near 79. South wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 50. South wind 10 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 82. Breezy, with a south wind 13 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday Night: A 20 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 46. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 20 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.

Thursday: Rain likely, mainly after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Windy, with a west wind 21 to 26 mph increasing to 28 to 33 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 46 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain before 9pm, then a chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Windy, with a west wind 24 to 31 mph, with gusts as high as 43 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Friday: A 20 percent chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 39. Windy, with a west wind 24 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph.

Friday Night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. Windy, with a west wind 16 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Saturday: A slight chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 41. Breezy, with a west wind 16 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23. West wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. North wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Northwest wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 21 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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