Weather Alerts for South Dakota
1. High Wind Warning for: Harding; Butte; Northern Meade Co Plains; Southern Meade Co Plains; Southern Perkins
2. High Wind Warning for: Northern Black Hills; Central Black Hills; Southern Black Hills; Northern Campbell; Western Crook; Wyoming Black Hills
3. High Wind Warning for: Northern Foothills; Sturgis/Piedmont Foothills; Northeastern Crook
4. High Wind Warning for: Rapid City; Custer Co Plains; Pennington Co Plains; Hermosa Foothills
5. High Wind Warning for: Southern Foothills; Western Fall River; Northern Oglala Lakota; Eastern Fall River
6. High Wind Warning for: Southern Oglala Lakota
7. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: Mellette, SD; Todd, SD
8. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Aurora, SD; Brule, SD; Charles Mix, SD; Douglas, SD; Gregory, SD; Jerauld, SD
9. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Buffalo, SD; Corson, SD; Dewey, SD; Faulk, SD; Hand, SD; Hughes, SD; Hyde, SD; Jones, SD; Lyman, SD; Potter, SD; Stanley, SD; Sully, SD; Walworth, SD
10. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Butte, SD; Haakon, SD; Harding, SD; Meade, SD; Mellette, SD; Perkins, SD; Todd, SD; Tripp, SD; Ziebach, SD
11. Special Weather Statement for: Harding
12. Special Weather Statement for: Northern Meade Co Plains; Ziebach; Southern Perkins
13. Wind Advisory for: Beadle; Gregory; Jerauld; Sanborn; Brule; Aurora; Davison; Charles Mix; Douglas
14. Wind Advisory for: Bennett; Mellette; Todd; Tripp; Southern Jackson
15. Wind Advisory for: Brown; Spink
16. Wind Advisory for: Campbell; McPherson; Walworth; Edmunds; Potter; Faulk; Sully; Hughes; Hyde; Hand; Buffalo
17. Wind Advisory for: Corson; Dewey; Stanley; Jones; Lyman
18. Wind Advisory for: Harding; Butte; Northern Meade Co Plains; Southern Meade Co Plains; Southern Perkins
19. Wind Advisory for: Northern Perkins
20. Wind Advisory for: Rapid City; Custer Co Plains; Pennington Co Plains; Hermosa Foothills
21. Wind Advisory for: Southern Foothills; Western Fall River; Northern Oglala Lakota; Eastern Fall River
22. Wind Advisory for: Southern Oglala Lakota
23. Wind Advisory for: Ziebach; Haakon; Northern Jackson
24. Winter Storm Warning for: Northern Black Hills
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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?
Home - Education - Cloud Types - Nimbostratus Clouds
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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.
Next Topic: Precipitation
Weather Topic: What is Rain?
Home - Education - Precipitation - Rain
Next Topic: Shelf Clouds
Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain.
Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period
of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.
Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency
depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have
an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island.
Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of
cities is 30% greater.
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