Forecast Details for Java, SD

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Overnight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 16. Southeast wind around 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42. Windy, with a south southeast wind 22 to 31 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph.

Tuesday Night: Rain likely, mainly between 1am and 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 32. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 18 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Wednesday: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 45. Windy, with a west northwest wind 21 to 26 mph increasing to 31 to 36 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 46 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Blustery, with a northwest wind 24 to 29 mph decreasing to 10 to 15 mph after midnight.

Thursday: A chance of snow, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. North northwest wind 8 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. North northwest wind 7 to 10 mph becoming southeast in the evening.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 55. South southwest wind 9 to 13 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 38. Breezy, with a southeast wind 14 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Saturday: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 62. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 48. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Sunday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 70. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 40. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Monday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 51. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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