Forecast Details for Carpenter, SD

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Current Alerts for Carpenter, SD: Winter Weather Advisory

Tonight: A slight chance of snow between 3am and 4am, then freezing rain. Low around 31. East wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total nighttime ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. Little or no snow accumulation expected.

Friday: Rain, snow, freezing rain, and sleet before 3pm, then rain and snow between 3pm and 4pm, then snow, possibly mixed with sleet after 4pm. High near 33. East wind around 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New ice accumulation of around a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow and sleet accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Friday Night: Snow. Patchy blowing snow after 3am. Low around 27. Northeast wind 11 to 18 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Saturday: Snow likely, mainly before 1pm. Patchy blowing snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a northwest wind 21 to 24 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. West northwest wind 7 to 16 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 43. West wind 7 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. Northwest wind 7 to 13 mph.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 34. North wind 9 to 14 mph.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 17. North northeast wind 10 to 14 mph becoming east southeast after midnight.

Tuesday: A slight chance of snow before 1pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow. Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Breezy.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Breezy.

Wednesday Night: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Thursday: A chance of rain and snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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Weather Topic: What are Contrails?

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Next Topic: Cumulonimbus Clouds

A contrail is an artificial cloud, created by the passing of an aircraft.

Contrails form because water vapor in the exhaust of aircraft engines is suspended in the air under certain temperatures and humidity conditions. These contrails are called exhaust contrails.

Another type of contrail can form due to a temporary reduction in air pressure moving over the plane's surface, causing condensation. These are called aerodynamic contrails.

When you can see your breath on a cold day, it is also because of condensation. The reason contrails last longer than the condensation from your breath is because the water in contrails freezes into ice particles.

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