3PM TODAY TO NOON TOMORROW WIND ADVISORY FOR THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF NORTH AND SOUTH DAKOTA
3 PM TODAY TO NOON TOMORROW WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA, WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
TODAY: CLOUDY, RISING TEMPERATURES, PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW FLURRIES EARLY, THEN SNOW THIS AFTERNOON … 1 TO 2, POSSIBLY 3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. UPPER 20 TO LOW 30S BY AFTERNOON. WIND WILL INCREASE AND SWITCH TO THE NORTHWEST FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE DAKOTAS, GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH.
TONIGHT: SNOWFALL CONTINUES, WIND INCREASES 40 TO 50 MPH, SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STEADY TO SLOWLY FALLING TEMPS.
TOMORROW: WINDY, WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN THE MORNING AND FALLING TEMPERATURES. WIND BEGINS TO DECREASE AFTER NOON TO 10 TO 20 MPH. TEMPERATURES DOWN TO 5 ABOVE BY EVENING.
SATURDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK: NO NEW SNOWFALL, BUT VERY COLD. MORNING LOWS IN THE TEENS BELOW SATURDAY MORNING, 20 BELOW SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY MORNING. SUB-ZERO HIGHS DURING THE PERIOD.