Forecast Details for Mud Butte, SD

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Today: Sunny, with a high near 71. West wind 7 to 11 mph becoming south in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 45. Southeast wind 11 to 15 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers after noon. Increasing clouds, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a west wind 16 to 21 mph becoming north 24 to 29 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 37 mph.

Thursday Night: Rain showers before 10pm, then rain and snow showers between 10pm and midnight, then snow showers likely after midnight. Low around 28. Wind chill values as low as 14. Windy, with a north wind 26 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 40. Windy, with a northwest wind 26 to 34 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 21. Windy, with a northwest wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 39 mph.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 24 to 29 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Blustery, with a northwest wind 18 to 28 mph becoming west 8 to 13 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 62.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 34.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 73. Breezy.

Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 72. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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