Cold Blast Of Air Today!

You saw it with Cody this morning - blowing snow and wind. I saw it & experienced it myself. Moving to a new apartment today in the cold and wind was NOT FUN at all. Wind chill values of about -10 to -15 outside the whole 5 hours or so out there, and with probably a good 5 more hours of moving to go for this weekend - should be a great time out there! Hopefully if you are reading this you didn't have to spend very much time outside. The good news is that the winds will be calming overnight. The bad news: calming winds allow the actual air temperature to plummet. We'll get below zero tonight thanks to calming wind and clearing skies.

Old Man Winter will try to unleash some of his fury this weekend. It is still looking like most of the snow potential will be south of I-90 for the eastern portions of our viewing area - gradually increasing to be north of I-90 as you head toward western South Dakota.

Here's what we're thinking so far:

As the title of this image mentions - this was only our first take on totals. Keep that in mind if you are doing any traveling to these snowier regions. We've been seeing these snowfall totals shifting south & north quite a bit, but for about 24 hours now this is where the heaviest snow is trending, so it's looking good for now. Stay tuned this weekend!

Have a great night & bundle up! Remember those wind chills will have the potential to give you frostbite in about 10-15 minutes on your exposed skin!

~KDLT Meteorologist Aaron Shaffer