Forecast Details for Groton, SD

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Today: A chance of snow, mainly before 4pm. Cloudy, with a high near 36. Northeast wind 11 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 21 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Tonight: A chance of freezing rain after 5am. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 29. Northeast wind 7 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%.

Friday: Snow, freezing rain, and sleet before noon, then snow, possibly mixed with sleet between noon and 3pm, then snow after 3pm. High near 32. East northeast wind 11 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 23 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 2 to 4 inches possible.

Friday Night: Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Low around 27. North northwest wind 10 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 24 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 4 to 8 inches possible.

Saturday: Snow likely, mainly before 1pm. Patchy blowing snow. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Breezy, with a northwest wind 17 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

Saturday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. West wind 6 to 11 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. West wind 6 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph.

Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Northwest wind 8 to 10 mph.

Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. North wind 9 to 14 mph, with gusts as high as 22 mph.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 15.

Tuesday: Partly sunny, with a high near 43. Breezy.

Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 32. Breezy.

Wednesday: A slight chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 48. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrocumulus Clouds?

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Cirrocumulus clouds form at high altitudes (usually around 5 km) and have distinguishing characteristics displayed in a fine layer of small cloud patches. These small cloud patches are sometimes referred to as "cloudlets" in relation to the whole cloud formation.

Cirrocumulus clouds are formed from ice crystals and water droplets. Often, the water droplets in the cloud freeze into ice crystals and the cloud becomes a cirrostratus cloud. Because of this common occurrence, cirrocumulus cloud formations generally pass rapidly.

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Weather Topic: What are Cirrus Clouds?

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Cirrus clouds are high-level clouds that occur above 20,000 feet and are composed mainly of ice crystals. They are thin and wispy in appearance.

What do they indicate?
They are often the first sign of an approaching storm.

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