Nice Today.... Cool Weekend??

Looks like a nice one today for the most part. Temperatures back into the upper 70's to the upper 80's. We will have to contend with the winds today though, out of the South and Southeast between 15 and 30 mph. Notice a good core of winds across central and eastern South Dakota this afternoon.This will also begin to increase moisture later on today as well with dew points getting into the 60's in spots. This will actually aid in our thunderstorm chances tomorrow and tomorrow night.Now, I realize that many of us are still on our holiday weekends but I wanted to focus a second on the forecast for next weekend because it's looking more and more intriguing. All of the long range models show a pretty intense low pressure diving into the upper Midwest Friday into Saturday which will likely bring unseasonably cool weather to our area. Notice the "bubble" of cold air over the state of South Dakota on Saturday.

This is just one of the long range models but all of them are in astonishing agreement over this trough digging in next weekend. If this forecast holds and if we end up seeing a good deal of cloud cover, some areas may only see highs in the 50's this weekend. So stay tuned through out the week and we will keep you updated!!

~KDLT Meteorologist Cody Matz