Quickly Turning Colder

Pretty mild this morning as I'm writing this but cold air is just across the state. Low pressure right on top of the state so mild southerly winds across the East and cold Northwesterly winds across areas of the west. Pretty easy to find the front on this surface map.

The temperatures are in red; so its 18 in Sioux Falls, who is ahead of the front. Then its 2 in Phillip, who is behind the front. Another way you can tell where the front is, is by the wind direction. Ahead of it, Sioux Falls, Yankton, Aberdeen, all of the winds are coming from the South. Behind the front, all of the winds are out of the Northwest like Phillip, Pierre, and Buffalo. I also drew in the cold front just in case you couldn't find it. So the subzero weather will be returning but only for a very brief period because by Christmas day, it looks like subzero readings might be gone for at least a few days.

~KDLT Meteorologist Cody Matz