Forecast Details for Carpenter, SD

Recent Locations: Mount Shasta, CA Johnson, NE Carpenter, SD

Current Alerts for Carpenter, SD: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: A chance of snow between noon and 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 36. Northeast wind 11 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tonight: Freezing rain likely, mainly after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. East northeast wind 8 to 11 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible.

Friday: Snow and freezing rain before 1pm, then snow, possibly mixed with rain and freezing rain between 1pm and 4pm, then snow, possibly mixed with rain after 4pm. High near 33. East wind around 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Friday Night: Snow, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 10pm. Patchy blowing snow after 3am. Low around 27. Blustery, with a northeast wind 11 to 20 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Saturday: Snow likely before 1pm. Patchy blowing snow before 3pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a northwest wind 22 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 20. West northwest wind 6 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. West northwest wind 6 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. North northwest wind 9 to 13 mph.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. North wind 10 to 15 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 18.

Tuesday: A slight chance of snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain. Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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Weather Topic: What is Drizzle?

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Drizzle Next Topic: Evaporation

Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are smaller than raindrops.

Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle, a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface. Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can potentially result in hazardous road conditions.

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Weather Topic: What is Fog?

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Fog Next Topic: Fractus Clouds

Fog is technically a type of stratus cloud, which lies along the ground and obscures visibility.

It is usually created when humidity in the air condenses into tiny water droplets. Because of this, some places are more prone to foggy weather, such as regions close to a body of water.

Fog is similar to mist; both are the appearance of water droplets suspended in the air, but fog is the term applied to the condition when visibility is less than 1 km.

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