Forecast Details for Vale, SD

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Current Alerts for Vale, SD: Winter Storm Warning

Today: Snow. Patchy blowing snow after 1pm. Steady temperature around 29. Wind chill values as low as 14. Blustery, with an east wind 13 to 21 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 4 to 6 inches possible.

Tonight: Snow, mainly before midnight. Patchy blowing snow. Low around 23. Wind chill values as low as 13. Blustery, with a northwest wind 18 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 50. Wind chill values as low as 13 early. Breezy, with a northwest wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. West wind 10 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 53. Breezy, with a northwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Sunday Night: A slight chance of rain and snow between midnight and 5am, then a slight chance of snow after 5am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 26. North wind 5 to 14 mph becoming east in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday: A chance of snow before 11am, then a chance of rain and snow between 11am and 2pm, then a slight chance of rain after 2pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Breezy, with an east wind 6 to 16 mph increasing to 16 to 26 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Breezy, with a southeast wind 18 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 37.

Wednesday: A chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Breezy.

Wednesday Night: Rain and snow likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. 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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