Forecast Details for Madison, SD

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This Afternoon: A slight chance of snow showers before 3pm, then rain showers likely. Cloudy, with a high near 40. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tonight: Showers. Low around 29. Breezy, with an east wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

Thursday: Rain, freezing rain and sleet, possibly mixed with snow before noon, then rain showers likely between noon and 4pm, then a slight chance of snow showers after 4pm. High near 36. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of snow showers and freezing rain between 1am and 4am, then a chance of freezing rain after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: Freezing rain before 10am, then rain showers and freezing rain, possibly mixed with snow showers between 10am and 1pm, then rain and snow showers after 1pm. High near 36. East northeast wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday Night: Rain and snow showers likely, becoming all snow after 10pm. Cloudy, with a low around 26. Blustery, with a north northeast wind 10 to 20 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 36. Breezy.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. Blustery.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 48.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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