Significant Snow?????

The storm system that we have been talking about for the last couple of days is getting its act together this morning and is showing signs that it could leave a significant amount of snow in central and western areas of South Dakota. Because of that possibility, winter storm watches and warnings have now been posted for areas along and west of the Missouri river. There is still some uncertainty in the exact path of this storm so nothing is concrete as of yet, however, it is looking better and better.

One component that we are really paying attention to is where a cold front will stall out in central South Dakota. Areas to the west of this boundary will turn to snow and areas to the east will stay rain. This has the potential to be a very sharp boundary meaning that your town may get 3 inches of snow but the town next door may receive none.

Those winter storm watches are issued when the National Weather Service feels that there is the potential for 6+ inches of snow. Here is a good reason for thinking that.

Snowfall forecast from now through Friday afternoon:

Keep in mind that this is just one model and that they usually overdue the snowfall. But it just goes to show that there is the possibility of quite a bit of snow.

~KDLT Meteorologist Cody Matz