Warmth, A Cooldown, And More Warmth...

Hopefully you got a chance to get out and enjoy some of those temperatures we saw today! It was absolutely amazing out there with temperatures at or above 4o degrees for much of the Sioux Empire. If you are like me, and got those warm temperatures (not seen in the northwest corner of South Dakota), you probably enjoyed seeing the ice chunks melt off of your vehicle.

Unfortunately, all good things must end - but thankfully this ending will be shorter than most. We are looking for some snow showers we talked about last night that are associated with a cold front to move in and move toward the East. That means we'll see a brief cold snap for Saturday. We'll only return to the 20s, but low 20s will be about 20 degrees colder than what we saw Friday.

Here's some computer model temperatures (the colder Saturday ones) you can expect to see around the area - this one combines a computer model with measured statistics from each area:

One thing to notice is how close the teens are to much of our viewing area. They are mostly in North Dakota, but a few people up near Sisseton and west toward Mobridge might be looking at a high of 17-20 degrees this Saturday. Thankfully it's short-lived. Look at some of these temperatures that will move in for Sunday:

Notice the model-predicted 40s on the map again! Those are great news. I went tonight with a high of 35 for Sioux Falls this Sunday, so we'll see how close I end up. There's a pretty sharp gradient in temperatures from 40s to 20s for Sunday, so we should fit in quite nicely in the middle there.

We'll update you again tomorrow!

Have a great weekend!

~KDLT Meteorologist Aaron Shaffer