Warmer Today....Yay!

Looks like temperatures will actually warm up today from yesterday. We only hit an afternoon high of 16 yesterday in Sioux Falls so it was pretty cold. But today, warmer weather moving west. Already much warmer this morning in the Western South Dakota with temperatures in the 20's and 30's right around sunrise. This map is a surface observation map with current temps (7:30 am) labeled in red.

As you see, much warmer off to the west where parts of Montana are in the 40's! We aren't expecting to get that warm today with the exception of places with very little snow on the ground, like Winner and Valentine, NE, but you can expect 30's across areas of the west and upper 2o's across the east today. Snow cover plays a BIG role in determining temperatures. Typically the more snow on the ground, the harder it is for the temperatures to warm. Here is a map of the current snow cover across the state.Enjoy the warmer temperatures!

~KDLT Meteorologist Cody Matz