Fog and the Next Storm

Dense fog is still a problem across much of the area with visibilities less then a quarter mile in many locations. Because of this, the NWS has once again issued Dense Fog Advisories for much of eastern South Dakota, western Minnesota, and northwest Iowa. These advisories go through 10am Tuesday morning.The next storm is on its way here and it will provide us with something we haven't seen in a while; freezing rain. Some areas experienced a little bit of it during the month of December but nothing like what we are expecting on Wednesday. I was going to explain this next storm with a paragraph or two of words but the National Weather Service produced a few pictures that explain the whole event perfectly and as you know a picture is worth a thousand words.Remember that freezing rain is when temperatures at the surface are below freezing and it rains. The rain then freezes to anything it falls on and that's why its called freezing rain. It takes about 2 tenths of an inch of freezing rain to start bringing down trees and power lines so that's why we are talking about this storm so much. Notice that many areas across the southeast COULD see enough to start causing power outages. But hopefully we can keep the amounts light enough so that doesn't happen. Keep your fingers crossed!!

~KDLT Meteorologist Cody Matz