Forecast Details for Virgil, SD

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Tonight: Rain and snow showers. Low around 30. East wind around 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday: Snow showers, possibly mixed with rain before noon, then a chance of snow showers between noon and 4pm. High near 38. North northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night: Freezing rain likely after 1am. Cloudy, with a low around 27. Northeast wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible.

Friday: Snow showers, possibly mixed with freezing rain before 1pm, then snow showers, possibly mixed with rain. High near 35. Northeast wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Friday Night: Snow showers likely, possibly mixed with rain, becoming all snow after 10pm. Cloudy, with a low around 26. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Saturday: A 50 percent chance of snow showers before 1pm. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 39. Breezy, with a northwest wind 20 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Saturday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 22.

Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 48.

Sunday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 26.

Monday: Partly sunny, with a high near 42.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 20.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Breezy.

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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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Weather Topic: What are Shelf Clouds?

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A shelf cloud is similar to a wall cloud, but forms at the front of a storm cloud, instead of at the rear, where wall clouds form.

A shelf cloud is caused by a series of events set into motion by the advancing storm; first, cool air settles along the ground where precipitation has just fallen. As the cool air is brought in, the warmer air is displaced, and rises above it, because it is less dense. When the warmer air reaches the bottom of the storm cloud, it begins to cool again, and the resulting condensation is a visible shelf cloud.

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