Forecast Details for Cleveland, ND

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Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 38. Windy, with a south wind 13 to 18 mph increasing to 25 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 41 mph.

Tonight: Rain, mainly after 2am. Low around 32. Windy, with a south wind 16 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow before 10am, then a chance of rain between 10am and 4pm, then a chance of rain and snow after 4pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Windy, with a west wind 18 to 23 mph increasing to 28 to 33 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 46 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow before 7pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22. Windy, with a northwest wind 23 to 28 mph decreasing to 14 to 19 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph.

Thursday: Partly sunny, with a high near 39. Northwest wind around 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. West wind 7 to 9 mph.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 48. Southwest wind around 9 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. South wind 9 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Saturday: A slight chance of rain after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 55. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 45. Southeast wind 14 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Sunday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 61. East wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. Northeast wind 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Breezy, with a north wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

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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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