Forecast Details for Vale, SD

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Current Alerts for Vale, SD: Wind Advisory

Overnight: A chance of rain showers before 4am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 36. Breezy, with a northwest wind 22 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 53. Windy, with a west wind 22 to 27 mph increasing to 34 to 39 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 55 mph.

Wednesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Blustery, with a northwest wind 24 to 29 mph becoming light and variable. Winds could gust as high as 40 mph.

Thursday: A slight chance of snow showers before 10am, then a slight chance of rain showers between 10am and noon. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 54. East wind 8 to 13 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. Northeast wind 6 to 11 mph becoming light and variable after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 16 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61. Windy, with a southeast wind 5 to 15 mph increasing to 20 to 30 mph. Winds could gust as high as 44 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 43. Breezy, with a southeast wind 24 to 29 mph decreasing to 11 to 16 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 41 mph.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 79. Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers before midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Sunday: A chance of showers, mainly after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 75. Breezy.

Sunday Night: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Monday: Showers likely. Partly sunny, with a high near 55. Breezy.

Monday Night: Rain and snow showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27. Blustery.

Tuesday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 48.

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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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