Forecast Details for Brookings, SD

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Today: A chance of snow before 5pm, then rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 38. Breezy, with an east wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Tonight: Rain, snow, and sleet before 11pm, then rain between 11pm and 3am, then rain, freezing rain, and sleet after 3am. Low around 29. Breezy, with an east wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 1pm, then rain likely between 1pm and 4pm, then snow likely after 4pm. High near 33. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Snow likely before 7pm, then a chance of freezing rain after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 26. North wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: Snow and freezing rain before 1pm, then rain and snow likely. High near 36. East northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Rain and snow likely, becoming all snow after 10pm. Cloudy, with a low around 26. North wind 10 to 15 mph becoming west northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday: Snow likely, mainly before 1pm. Cloudy, with a high near 36. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. Blustery.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 44.

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

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 44.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 47.

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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

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Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds

Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes (between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes water vapor to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.

In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.

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