Nasty Storm Heads To Our Area

We've been following this storm system for some time now, and it seems to be taking a pretty similar shape to what we've been looking for. The verdict? *Someone* will get some VERY heavy snow - upwards of a foot or more. But who? That is the question.

Here's the breakdown of where we're expecting the heaviest snow to fall as we head overnight into Thursday and Thursday night:

It's kind of a scary graphic - but basically we're looking for the "fun" to start off toward the Northwest somewhere around the midnight hour as a system currently over Wyoming makes its way farther toward the East and strengthens. Then, as we head closer toward the commute time for earlier Thursday we'll be likely seeing some heavy snow toward the northern half of South Dakota, north of highway 14 and then stretching to the East as well. At about that same time we'll be looking for some freezing rain and/or sleet in the area toward the South and the Southeast. As we head closer toward about mid-morning to early afternoon we'll be looking for some periods of heavier snow in the Sioux Falls area and beyond.

Here's the breakdown we're showing in our 6pm news and it's definitely still subject to change before our 10pm newscast should the situation shift dramatically between now and then:

Notice that last part: "Most heavy snow has fallen by night." That about sums it up. A quick and nasty storm. The bad news? It still looks like we'll be seeing another light snow shower type of system come through that could give us another inch in our area Friday to Friday evening.

Stay tuned to KDLT for more details!

~KDLT Meteorologist Aaron Shaffer