Here it Comes!

The snow already beginning to fly across western and northern South Dakota at this hour and that is just going to be intensifying and expanding eastward over the next 24 hours. Here is a current surface map showing where the snow is currently being observed.There is also some concern over the track of this low simply because the snow line where the snow cutsoff is going to be very narrow. For example, Del Rapids could end up with a foot of snow while Sioux Falls only gets 3 inches. It could literally come down to that. Plus, im seeing a few differences between what the models are predicting and whats actually happening. For example, if you look at the picture below, I have cirlced the low pressure to indicate where it is located at the time of this post and where the models said it would be. Notice that it is similar but the actual event could end up being stronger because the low is very closed off meaning the circulation is very tight; that typically shows signs of a very healthy storm system.

What could happen then is if the low is stronger then anticipated, it may dig more south and east causing areas around Sioux Falls to get a lot more snow then what is forecasted right now. So keep watching KDLT so we can keep you updated on the very latest.

~KDLT Meteorologist Cody Matz