Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Warm-Up For This Week/Weekend

We've mentioned it a little bit off and on over the last couple of days - both on-air and off - and now it's headed our way... What is headed our way? A nice warm-up just in time for the weekend! This Saturday should make up for last Saturday's cold & windy weather.

We'll watch as a warm front makes its way through Friday, after tonight's cold front cools us for Thursday. That will give us clouds & flurries - but also highs near 30! This is where the warm front should be come about 6am Friday morning:

The warm front is the line drawn with little red semi-circles that is also red itself. Notice the forecasted little blurbs of snowy stuff - those will likely fall as some flurries around the area, not any true snow showers.

So - now that you've seen the warm front, you are probably wondering just how warm it'll get, right? Well, there is good news with that. If things end up just right, we could end up with temperatures close to 40 degrees again. Look at this computer model forecast map:


These are forecasted highs come Saturday - which should end up being our warmest day of the weekend, as we wait for a slight cooldown on Sunday.

If you look closely at the map, you'll see shades of green sneaking into the area. Those shades of green represent the potential for some 40s on the map! Some places farther to the West could end up close to or above 50 by Saturday afternoon!

Stay tuned for more updates & have a great night!

~KDLT Meteorologist Aaron Shaffer

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

If you had to put a percent chance as to how likely it is we'll hit 40 on Saturday, what percent would you put us at for Sioux Falls and the Tea area - in particular?

KDLT Weather said...

I would say there's a 35 percent chance of hitting 40 or above, and another 35 percent chance of 35-40. That leaves 30 percent for 35 or lower.

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