Forecast Details for Vale, SD

Recent Locations: Elliott, IA Spout Spring, VA Vale, SD

This Afternoon: Snow. Patchy blowing snow. High near 31. Wind chill values as low as 18. North wind 15 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Tonight: Snow, mainly before midnight. Patchy blowing snow. Steady temperature around 28. Wind chill values as low as 13. Northwest wind around 18 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday: Patchy blowing snow before 10am. Cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 50. Wind chill values as low as 14 early. Breezy, with a northwest wind 17 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. West wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 52. West wind 10 to 16 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. North wind 6 to 14 mph becoming east in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

Monday: A chance of snow before 11am, then a chance of rain and snow between 11am and noon, then a chance of rain after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Windy, with an east wind 9 to 19 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: A slight chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Windy, with a southeast wind 23 to 31 mph, with gusts as high as 44 mph.

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

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

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Windy.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Blustery.

Thursday: Rain and snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulus Clouds?

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Cumulus clouds are fluffy and textured with rounded tops, and may have flat bottoms. The border of a cumulus cloud is clearly defined, and can have the appearance of cotton or cauliflower.

Cumulus clouds form at low altitudes (rarely above 2 km) but can grow very tall, becoming cumulus congestus and possibly the even taller cumulonimbus clouds. When cumulus clouds become taller, they have a greater chance of producing precipitation.

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Weather Topic: What is Evaporation?

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Evaporation is the process which returns water from the earth back to the atmosphere, and is another crucial process in the water cycle.

Evaporation is the transformation of liquid into gas, and it happens because molecules are excited by the application of energy and turn into vapor. In order for water to evaporate it has to be on the surface of a body of water.

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