Forecast Details for Prairie City, SD

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Current Alerts for Prairie City, SD: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: Snow likely, mainly after 2pm. Patchy blowing snow after 2pm. Cloudy, with a high near 35. Wind chill values as low as 14. Breezy, with an east wind 22 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 41 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Tonight: Snow likely, mainly before midnight. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Wind chill values as low as 15. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: A chance of snow before 1pm, then a chance of rain and snow between 1pm and 3pm, then a chance of rain after 3pm. Cloudy, with a high near 40. Wind chill values as low as 17. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Thursday Night: Rain likely before 9pm, then rain and snow between 9pm and 2am, then snow after 2am. Low around 25. Wind chill values as low as 16. Breezy, with an east wind 14 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Friday: Snow. High near 32. Northeast wind 14 to 16 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.

Friday Night: Snow, mainly before midnight. Low around 22. Northwest wind 14 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Northwest wind 13 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. West wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 45.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 25.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 55. Breezy.

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Weather Topic: What is Condensation?

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Condensation is the process which creates clouds, and therefore it is a crucial process in the water cycle. Condensation is the change of matter from a state of gas into a state of liquid, and it happens because water molecules release heat into the atmosphere and become organized into a more closely packed structure, what we might see as water droplets.

Water is always present in the air around us as a vapor, but it's too small for us to see. When water undergoes the process of condensation it becomes organized into visible water droplets. You've probably seen condensation happen before on the surface of a cold drink!

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Weather Topic: What are Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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