Forecast Details for Mansfield, SD

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Today: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high near 93. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 18 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely before 4am, then a slight chance of showers between 4am and 5am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 55. Breezy, with a south wind 18 to 26 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.

Thursday: A slight chance of showers after 7am. Mostly sunny, with a high near 73. Breezy, with a south wind 15 to 24 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 33 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 34. Breezy, with a west northwest wind 21 to 26 mph decreasing to 15 to 20 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 36 mph.

Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 56. West northwest wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.

Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. West northwest wind 8 to 15 mph.

Saturday: A slight chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 58. South southwest wind 8 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Saturday Night: A slight chance of showers after 1am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 36. South southeast wind 7 to 11 mph becoming northeast in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Sunday: Showers likely, mainly after 1pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. East wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%.

Sunday Night: Showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 35. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Monday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 52. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 50%.

Monday Night: A slight chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 31. Blustery. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tuesday: A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 57. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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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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