It has been a quiet day of weather to start the new year, with near-normal temperatures for the first day of January.
Tonight we’ll see more clouds streaming back into the area, with snow flurries possible. But we’re watching a potential band of snowfall set up south of I-90 near the Nebraska border. That area could get some one inch amounts of snowfall overnight.
Otherwise, our overnight lows will be in the single digits in northern KELOLAND and the teens in the south.
Temperatures will be a little cooler as we head back to work tomorrow. We’ll only reach the upper teens in northern KELOLAND despite mostly sunny skies. It will be partly cloudy in the south, where highs will be in the low to mid 20s, just a shade cooler than normal, with a very light northerly breeze.
On Friday we’ll cool down even more. Highs will only reach the teens in eastern KELOLAND with a light north breeze. Western South Dakota will be a little warmer, despite mostly cloudy skies and a chance of flurries.
We’re still monitoring a system that will bring persistent clouds, snow, and cooler air our way for the weekend. Currently, projected model snowfall amounts for the weekend as a whole would be around an inch in Sioux Falls, a half-inch to inch and a half in the north, and two to three inches in central and western KELOLAND. It will also be cold, with highs only in the low to mid teens East River, to the low 20s in Rapid City.