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Sioux Falls, South Dakota – Slick highways and powerful wind gusts could disrupt travel across South Dakota beginning Thursday, Feb. 26, as a wetter late-winter pattern increases the risk for freezing rain and high winds through Monday, March 2.
According to NOAA’s 6- to 10-day outlook issued Friday, above-normal precipitation is favored across portions of the Northern Plains during the Thursday-to-Monday stretch, with temperatures trending near seasonal averages. That setup raises the chance for precipitation to fall as a mix of rain and freezing rain when surface readings hover near 32 degrees…