Forecast Details for Ridgeview, SD

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Today: Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Windy, with a south southeast wind 15 to 20 mph increasing to 27 to 32 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 41 mph.

Tonight: A chance of rain between midnight and 3am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 21 to 26 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 49. Windy, with a west northwest wind 23 to 28 mph increasing to 29 to 34 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 44 mph.

Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 23. Blustery, with a northwest wind 21 to 26 mph decreasing to 7 to 12 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.

Thursday: A chance of snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 43. North northeast wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 26. North wind 7 to 10 mph becoming south in the evening.

Friday: Sunny, with a high near 55. South southeast wind 8 to 17 mph.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 39. Breezy, with a southeast wind 18 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 20 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 71. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Sunday Night: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Monday: A chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

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Weather Topic: What is Graupel?

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Graupel Next Topic: Hail

Graupel is a form of precipitation that is created by atmospheric conditions which cause supercooled water droplets to contact snow crystals and freeze to their surface.

Sometimes known as soft hail or snow pellets, graupel is delicate and easily destroyed by touch. Whereas hail usually falls during severe weather, graupel doesn't require such conditions to form, and can form in mild precipitation similar to situations which produce snowfall.

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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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