Forecast Details for Madison, SD

Recent Locations: Perry Point, MD Trail, MN Madison, SD

Current Alerts for Madison, SD: Winter Weather Advisory

Overnight: A chance of flurries after 4am. Cloudy, with a low around 27. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Wednesday: A chance of snow before 3pm, then rain and snow likely between 3pm and 4pm, then rain after 4pm. High near 39. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday Night: Rain, possibly mixed with snow and sleet before 9pm, then rain between 9pm and 4am, then rain, freezing rain, and sleet after 4am. Low around 30. Breezy, with an east wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Little or no ice accumulation expected. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Freezing rain and sleet before 10am, then rain, snow, freezing rain, and sleet between 10am and 1pm, then a chance of rain after 1pm. High near 37. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of snow showers and freezing rain between 1am and 4am, then a chance of freezing rain after 4am. Cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind around 10 mph becoming east northeast after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday: Freezing rain, possibly mixed with snow showers before 10am, then rain showers, snow showers, and freezing rain between 10am and 1pm, then snow showers, possibly mixed with rain after 1pm. High near 37. East northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Snow showers likely, mainly before 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 24. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Windy.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 18. Blustery.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 43.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 49. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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