Sunshine, REALLY?

It's been a while since we've seen sunshine around the area and that is what we will start to see come Sunday evening and Monday. That pesky low pressure that sat over Iowa and dumped snow throughout the region (I'll have snowfall totals posted to the blog on Sunday) is finally moving off to the east. High pressure moving in from the West is going to push that low into the Great Lakes region and leave behind it flurries early on Sunday. Then the nicer weather moves in with plenty of sunshine for your Monday and Tuesday.


These are forecast maps of Clouds in the upper and lower atmosphere. The top two images are for upper atmosphere cloud cover (>5,000 feet), clear over South Dakota. The bottom two images are for the lower atmosphere, below 5,000 feet. There may be some clouds, especially for the northeast towns, but overall mostly sunny.

Tuesday we will see mostly sunny skies but overnight things may change. We will introduce a slight chance of some snow, mainly flurries at this point but light accumulation is possible with a system that will brush us to our south. That will be a quick mover and be long gone by Wednesday afternoon. The image below shows light snow in the area on Wednesday morning.

At this point the rest of the week looks mostly to partly clear and temps will slowly dip into the single digits by Friday. Being from Arizona I can take a little break from the snow but would prefer some warmer temperatures at this point, but I do not see that happening anytime soon. Stay Warm and use caution on the roads they are still very slick!

~KDLT Meteorologist Dan Bronis