A Warm Christmas? Snow Messing Up Travel Plans?

If you were anywhere near Sioux Falls, you might have wondered just how warm things got today compared to the usual... Well, here it is:

We weren't even close to that record of 50 from back in 1959! Oh well - it still sure felt quite a bit warmer than what we've seen around these parts lately!

Speaking of wintry weather... there is yet another snow storm coming for the area. Here's the deal with this one. The last few have had a lot of computer model disagreements, not to mention actual meteorologist disagreements - but with this one we are all in pretty good agreement: The western half of South Dakota is going to be getting some decent snow.

Keep that in mind if you are doing any traveling on a return trip or weekend trip in the Dakotas:

You probably have noticed that any model forecasted snowfall is suspiciously missing from Sioux Falls... that is actually seeming to be right. Expect maybe a couple brief passing light snow showers or the like.

That's it for now! Hopefully you like watching me doing weather, because you're going to be seeing a LOT of me the next few days. I had a few days off to celebrate Christmas with my family, and now Cody and Jesse are both doing the same. Have a Merry Christmas if you celebrate it! If you are Jewish, then have a pleasant 5th night of Hanukkah! If you are something else, then just Happy Holidays!

~KDLT Meteorologist Aaron Shaffer