Forecast Details for Wagner, SD

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Today: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 62. West northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tonight: Clear, with a low around 44. Northwest wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast after midnight.

Tuesday: Showers and possibly a thunderstorm, mainly before 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4pm. High near 69. Breezy, with a southeast wind 10 to 20 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 7pm. Clear during the evening, then mostly cloudy overnight, with a low around 40. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 15 to 20 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Wednesday: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 65. South southwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming east southeast in the afternoon.

Wednesday Night: A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 1am, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm between 1am and 4am, then showers likely after 4am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 47. Breezy, with a northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Thursday: A 30 percent chance of showers before 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 60.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.

Friday: A 30 percent chance of showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.

Friday Night: A 40 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 42.

Saturday: A 30 percent chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 63.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 42.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 70.

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Weather Topic: What are Mammatus Clouds?

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A mammatus cloud is a cloud with a unique feature which resembles a web of pouches hanging along the base of the cloud.

In the United States, mammatus clouds tend to form in the warmer months, commonly in the Midwest and eastern regions.

While they usually form at the bottom of a cumulonimbis cloud, they can also form under altostratus, altocumulus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds. Mammatus clouds warn that severe weather is close.

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Weather Topic: What is Precipitation?

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Precipitation can refer to many different forms of water that may fall from clouds. Precipitation occurs after a cloud has become saturated to the point where its water particles are more dense than the air below the cloud.

In most cases, precipitation will reach the ground, but it is not uncommon for precipitation to evaporate before it reaches the earth's surface. When precipitation evaporates before it contacts the ground it is called Virga. Graupel, hail, sleet, rain, drizzle, and snow are forms of precipitation, but fog and mist are not considered precipitation because the water vapor which constitutes them isn't dense enough to fall to the ground.

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