Forecast Details for Fedora, SD

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Current Alerts for Fedora, SD: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: Rain and snow showers likely before 2pm, then a slight chance of rain showers between 2pm and 3pm, then scattered sprinkles after 3pm. Patchy blowing snow before 11am. Cloudy, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tonight: Partly cloudy, with a low around 24. Blustery, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 53. Breezy, with a west southwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming northwest 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Sunday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around 25. North northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 40. North wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph becoming east southeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Breezy.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Breezy.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 32. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 50. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Friday: Rain and snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 49. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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Shelf Clouds Next Topic: Sleet

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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Weather Topic: What is Snow?

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Snow Next Topic: Stratocumulus Clouds

Snow is precipitation taking the form of ice crystals. Each ice crystal, or snowflake, has unique characteristics, but all of them grow in a hexagonal structure. Snowfall can last for sustained periods of time and result in significant buildup of snow on the ground.

On the earth's surface, snow starts out light and powdery, but as it begins to melt it tends to become more granular, producing small bits of ice which have the consistency of sand. After several cycles of melting and freezing, snow can become very dense and ice-like, commonly known as snow pack.

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