Things sure are looking winter-like over the past few days. We tallied up some of the interesting weather statistics related to snow we could find, and check these out:
- Mitchell has seen 0.9" so far this year, it took until November 6th 2008 to reach that total
- Huron has seen 1.9" so far this year, it took until November 7th 2008 to reach that total
- Sioux Falls has seen 3.5" so far this year, it took until December 2nd 2008 to reach that total
Pretty impressive stuff, huh? You can see in the map below what our futurecast computer model is thinking we're looking at overnight tonight into tomorrow:
You can see why in a view of the jetstream winds. Look at this image below, and know that the jetstream is basically like a river of wind in the upper levels of the atmosphere.
What's been happening is storms are taking the easy path - and hitching a ride along the jetstream. They've been sent off of a huge storm causing flooding in parts of California, and they ride the jetstream right over into the Sioux Empire.
Stay warm and have a good night!
~KDLT Chief Meteorologist Aaron Shaffer
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