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Sioux Falls, South Dakota – A biting northwest wind is cutting across eastern South Dakota this morning, sweeping powdery snow over roads and parking lots as temperatures hover near 20 degrees. The air feels raw — that early November kind that warns winter is close. Drivers along I-29 and I-90 may find slick bridges and refreeze spots where yesterday’s melting snow turned to ice before dawn.
According to the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls, patchy blowing snow and light refreeze hazards will persist through the morning before calmer air settles in later today. Wind chills are dipping into the single digits, and by early Monday, a few areas west of the Big Sioux River could briefly touch zero. These conditions make travel slow on rural routes and overpasses, where drifting snow tends to linger…