Forecast Details for Vale, SD

Recent Locations: Luray, SC Westfield, MA Vale, SD

Current Alerts for Vale, SD: Winter Storm Watch

This Afternoon: A 50 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Breezy, with an east wind around 25 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Tonight: A slight chance of rain before 10pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow after 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 30. Wind chill values as low as 19. Breezy, with an east wind 13 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: A slight chance of rain and snow before 9am. Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. Wind chill values as low as 19 early. Breezy, with a southeast wind 13 to 18 mph increasing to 23 to 28 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday Night: Rain before 3am, then rain and snow. Low around 27. Wind chill values as low as 20. Breezy, with an east wind 20 to 25 mph decreasing to 13 to 18 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: Rain and snow, becoming all snow after 7am. High near 34. Breezy, with an east wind 13 to 23 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 2 to 4 inches possible.

Friday Night: Snow, mainly before midnight. Low around 25. Blustery, with a northwest wind 18 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 47. Breezy, with a northwest wind 17 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 28. West wind 6 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 57.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29.

Monday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 46. Breezy.

Monday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25. Breezy.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. 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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