Forecast Details for Mud Butte, SD

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Current Alerts for Mud Butte, SD: Winter Storm Watch

Tonight: A slight chance of rain and snow between 3am and 4am, then a slight chance of snow after 4am. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, cloudy, with a low around 29. Wind chill values as low as 19. Breezy, with an east wind 16 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday: Patchy fog before 10am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 44. Wind chill values as low as 17. Breezy, with an east wind 16 to 21 mph increasing to 24 to 29 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 39 mph.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain before 10pm, then rain and snow between 10pm and 4am, then snow after 4am. Low around 26. Wind chill values as low as 16. Breezy, with an east wind 23 to 28 mph decreasing to 17 to 22 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: Snow. High near 31. Wind chill values as low as 14. Blustery, with an east wind 17 to 22 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

Friday Night: Snow, mainly before midnight. Low around 24. Blustery, with a northwest wind around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 41. Breezy, with a northwest wind 17 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. West wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 52. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.

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

Monday: A slight chance of snow before noon, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 42. Breezy.

Monday Night: A slight chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24. Breezy.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Windy.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Breezy.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain and snow. Mostly sunny, with a high near 58. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What are Stratocumulus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Stratus Clouds

Stratocumulus clouds are similar to altocumulus clouds in their fluffy appearance, but have a slightly darker shade due to their additional mass.

A good way to distinguish the two cloud types is to hold your hand out and measure the size of an individual cloud; if it is the size of your thumb it is generally an altocumulus cloud, if it is the size of your hand it is generally a stratocumulus cloud.

It is uncommon for stratocumulus clouds to produce precipitation, but if they do it is usually a light rain or snow.

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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

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