Snow Cover

I know that I talked about this already once this week but I found a really cool picture that I wanted to show. This is a visible satellite image of the state of South Dakota. Basically what that means is if you were in space and looked down on South Dakota, that is exactly what it would look like.
Now, you notice that much of the eastern and northern parts of the state have a white tint. Well, thats actual snow thats covering the ground. By looking at this picture, you can see where the actual snow cover ends; I drew a line on there to help you out.

The next picture is the same satellite image but the actual high temperatures from yesterday are overlaped on top of the map along with how much above or below average they are.

You can notice that the highs almost identically coincide with the snow cover line. So basically, the more snow thats on the ground, the cooler the temperatures. Pretty Cool!! You can expect a similar temperature gradient across the state today with highs in Rapid City in the 60's and highs along and east of I-29 in the 30's. Enjoy!!!

~KDLT Meteorologist Cody Matz