Weekend Update

The major storm that has affected the southwestern United States this past week has finally moved inland and will start to effect our weather with snow, sleet, rain and ice. The past 24 hours we've seen a freezing drizzle, but with the surface low moving into our area, that will slowly switch over to a freezing rain/sleet.

Here's a radar image of the little activity seen across the region this morning:

There was a little mixed precip located near the South Dakota border and Nebraska, that should start to build up over the next few hours and effect the central portions of the state (Pierre, Mobridge, Aberdeen) with freezing rain and snow, by the mid afternoon hours. The eastern portion of South Dakota won't see much activity until the later afternoon hours and most of that will be rain/freezing rain with temperatures near freezing.

Friday night into Saturday will be the main threat for freezing rain. Accumulations can be expected with a half an inch tops in some locations. That will switch over to snow by Saturday night into Sunday. Be careful on the roads and stay in if it is not a necessity to leave, it will be dangerous with ice build up expected.

~KDLT Meteorologist Dan Bronis