Forecast Details for Brookings, SD

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Today: A chance of flurries before 8am, then a chance of snow between 8am and 5pm, then rain likely after 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 38. Breezy, with an east wind 10 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 a 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 Cumulonimbus Clouds?

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The final form taken by a growing cumulus cloud is the cumulonimbus cloud, which is very tall and dense. The tower of a cumulonimbus cloud can soar 23 km into the atmosphere, although most commonly they stop growing at an altitude of 6 km.

Even small cumulonimbus clouds appear very large in comparison to other cloud types. They can signal the approach of stormy weather, such as thunderstorms or blizzards.

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Drizzle is precipitation in the form of water droplets which are smaller than raindrops.

Drizzle is characterized by fine, gently falling droplets and typically does not impact human habitation in a negative way. The exception to this is freezing drizzle, a condition where drizzle freezes immediately upon reaching earth's surface. Freezing drizzle is still less dangerous than freezing rain, but can potentially result in hazardous road conditions.

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