Forecast Details for Vale, SD

Recent Locations: Vale, SD

This Afternoon: Partly sunny, with a high near 46. Breezy, with a northwest wind around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 37 mph.

Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. West wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. West wind 9 to 14 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 24 mph.

Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow after midnight. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. North wind 6 to 11 mph becoming east after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 18 mph.

Monday: A slight chance of snow before 2pm, then a slight chance of rain. Cloudy, with a high near 41. Breezy, with an east wind 9 to 14 mph increasing to 23 to 28 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: Cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low around 25. Breezy, with a southeast wind 22 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph.

Tuesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 66. Breezy, with a southeast wind 14 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of rain. Partly cloudy, with a low around 35. Southeast wind 14 to 17 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 26 mph.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 54. Windy.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain before 10pm, then a chance of rain and snow between 10pm and 2am, then a chance of snow after 2am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. Blustery.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. Breezy.

Thursday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Breezy.

Friday: A chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 53. Breezy.

Want more detail? Get the Complete 7 Day and Night Detailed Forecast!

Current U.S. National Radar--Current

The Current National Weather Radar is shown below with a UTC Time (subtract 5 hours from UTC to get Eastern Time).

National Weather Forecast--Current

The Current National Weather Forecast and National Weather Map are shown below.

National Weather Forecast for Tomorrow

Tomorrow National Weather Forecast and Tomorrow National Weather Map are show below.

North America Water Vapor (Moisture)

This map shows recent moisture content over North America. Bright and colored areas show high moisture (ie, clouds); brown indicates very little moisture present; black indicates no moisture.

Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

Home - Education - Cloud Types - Hole Punch Clouds

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.

Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

Home - Education - Cloud Types - Nimbostratus Clouds

Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

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