Snow For Friday?

One thing we are watching closely is a fairly weak storm system headed our way for Friday to Friday night. This storm has the computer models in kind of a frenzy - with some saying we'll be in the mid-30s and partly to mostly cloudy - but dry - and some saying we are going to get some light snowfall that could accumulate.

Here are a few examples from the computer models that all are for about the same time period:

A)

B)

C)
Exhibit A is a Japanese computer model that tends to overdo precipitation events. If that came to pan out we'd be looking at a few inches of snow. We are nixing that one. Exhibit B is a Canadian model. They keep sending us their cold air, so we're going to look at that one with skepticism (just kidding). What we are looking at, though, is the big difference between image B and image C. One has N/NE South Dakota seeing some light patches of snow, and the other has S/SW South Dakota seeing some snow. Where will it fall? That is a good question. I tend to have a lot of faith in the model that was used to create image C. I would guess we'll see some patches of snow where a dusting might accumulate, though, so stay tuned. You'll see on our forecast online or on KDLT 5/46 what we come up with over the next couple of days.

Have a great night and enjoy some warming as compared to last night!

~KDLT Meteorologist Aaron Shaffer