Forecast Details for Buffalo Gap, SD

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Current Alerts for Buffalo Gap, SD: Red Flag Warning

Today: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy, with a southwest wind 20 to 25 mph becoming northeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 38 mph.

Tonight: Rain showers before 1am, then rain and snow showers likely between 1am and 3am, then snow showers likely after 3am. Low around 32. Breezy, with a north wind 11 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday: Snow showers likely, mainly before noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 24. Wind chill values as low as 17. Northwest wind 7 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Saturday: A slight chance of snow showers between noon and 1pm, then a slight chance of rain showers after 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. Breezy, with a northwest wind 7 to 12 mph increasing to 16 to 21 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 29. West wind 12 to 17 mph decreasing to 5 to 10 mph in the evening. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 71. West wind 6 to 11 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 21 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. East wind 5 to 8 mph becoming northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 17 mph.

Monday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 81.

Monday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 45.

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 83.

Tuesday Night: A slight chance of showers. Partly cloudy, with a low around 49.

Wednesday: A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 77. Breezy.

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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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