Forecast Details for Hitchcock, SD

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Current Alerts for Hitchcock, SD: Blizzard Warning

Overnight: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Widespread blowing snow. Steady temperature around 23. Windy, with a north northeast wind around 30 mph, with gusts as high as 45 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total nighttime snow accumulation of around 5 inches.

Sunday: Snow likely, mainly before 10am. Widespread blowing snow. Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a temperature falling to around 12 by 9am. Windy, with a north northwest wind around 35 mph, with gusts as high as 50 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of around an inch possible.

Sunday Night: Areas of blowing snow before 2am. Partly cloudy, with a low around -5. Wind chill values as low as -23. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.

Monday: Sunny, with a high near 12. Wind chill values as low as -24. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Monday Night: Increasing clouds, with a low around -2. North wind 5 to 10 mph becoming south southeast in the evening.

Tuesday: A chance of snow before 1pm, then rain, snow, and freezing rain likely. Cloudy, with a high near 36. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Tuesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 27.

Wednesday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 49.

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

Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 61.

Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 69.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 40.

Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high near 67.

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Weather Topic: What are Hole Punch Clouds?

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Hole Punch Clouds Next Topic: Mammatus Clouds

A hole punch cloud is an unusual occurrence when a disk-shaped hole appears in a cirrostratus, cirrocumulus, or altocumulus cloud.

When part of the cloud forms ice crystals, water droplets in the surrounding area of the cloud evaporate. The effect of this process produces a large elliptical gap in the cloud. The hole punch cloud formation is rare, but it is not specific to any geographic area.

Other names which have been used to describe this phenomena include fallstreak hole, skypunch, and cloud hole.

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Weather Topic: What are Nimbostratus Clouds?

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Nimbostratus Clouds Next Topic: Precipitation

A nimbostratus cloud is similar to a stratus cloud in its formless, smooth appearance. However, a nimbostratus cloud is darker than a stratus cloud, because it is thicker.

Unlike a stratus cloud, a nimbostratus cloud typically brings with it the threat of moderate to heavy precipitation. In some cases, the precipitation may evaporate before reaching the ground, a phenomenon known as virga.

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