Forecast Details for Rutland, SD

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Tonight: Rain showers and snow showers, possibly mixed with sleet. Low around 29. Breezy, with an east wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Snow showers, freezing rain, and sleet before noon, then rain, snow, freezing rain, and sleet likely between noon and 1pm, then a chance of snow showers after 1pm. High near 35. 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 around 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. Cloudy, with a low around 25. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: Freezing rain before 10am, then rain or freezing rain 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. Windy, with a west northwest wind 20 to 30 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

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

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 47.

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

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 41.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 19.

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

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33. Breezy.

Wednesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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