Forecast Details for Ridgeview, SD

Recent Locations: Mound, TX Alden, IA Ridgeview, SD

Current Alerts for Ridgeview, SD: Winter Weather Advisory

Today: Snow likely before 5pm, then snow likely, possibly mixed with rain. Patchy blowing snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Breezy, with an east southeast wind 22 to 28 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.

Tonight: Snow. Patchy blowing snow before 2am. Low around 29. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Thursday: Snow likely, mainly before 11am. Cloudy, with a high near 38. East wind 14 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain, snow, and freezing rain before midnight, then snow and freezing rain between midnight and 3am, then snow after 3am. Low around 25. East northeast wind 15 to 18 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Friday: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Patchy blowing snow between 9am and 5pm. High near 31. Northeast wind 15 to 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible.

Friday Night: Snow. Patchy blowing snow after 8pm. Low around 24. Blustery, with a northwest wind 16 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Saturday: A slight chance of snow before noon. Patchy blowing snow before 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 37. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 19. West wind 10 to 18 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 47. West wind 9 to 11 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.

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

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 23.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 51. Breezy.

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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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