We are only a couple days away from November and it definitely feels like it. Today will be mostly cloudy, windy and cold with a sprinkle or two possible this afternoon. High temps will only reach the upper 30s this afternoon with northwesterly wind gusts to between 30 and 40 mph.

Halloween will be just as cold, but fortunately not nearly as windy. Once again, highs will only reach the upper 30s tomorrow afternoon. You’ll have to bundle up the kiddos for trick-or-treating. Temperatures will drop into the low 30s by tomorrow evening.

Temperatures will bounce from the 40s to 50s later this week with a slight chance of rain or snow on Wednesday and again on Friday. The weekend is actually lookin’ pretty good with a mix of clouds and sunshine, a slight chance of a shower, and high temps in the 50s.

This is it… Today is the day! The warmest, least windy day we’re going to have for quite some time. If you’re hoping to get in a round of golf, need to get some yard work taken care of, or simply want to sit on the porch and enjoy the sunshine, you might want to knock off work a little early today and make up for it on Thursday and Friday. You won’t want to be doing stuff outside on Thursday and Friday anyhow.

Today will be sunny with high temps ranging from the upper 60s in Sioux Falls to the mid 70s across central and western South Dakota. Wind will be fairly light from the northwest at only 5 to 15 mph.

A cold front will blast across the Dakotas late tonight and tomorrow, bringing strong wind gusts, much colder temperatures and even a little snow. The wind will kick in first thing tomorrow with gusts to 40 mph in Sioux Falls, 50 to 55 mph across central and western South Dakota. High temps will reach the low to mid 50s by about noon tomorrow with temperatures dropping into the low 40s by late tomorrow afternoon.

Light snow will develop Thursday night and continuing to Friday. Will get one-half inch or less in Sioux Falls. Parts of northeastern South Dakota and southwestern Minnesota along the Buffalo Ridge could get 1 to 2 inches of accumulation. The snow won’t be a big deal on its own, but the wind will create blowing snow late Thursday night into Friday. There could be a few issues with travel. Stay tuned for updates.

The weekend will be dry and cool with morning low temps in the lower 20s and highs in the low 40s Saturday, warming to around 50 degrees on Sunday afternoon.  

It is going to be another windy day. It won’t be quite as windy as yesterday – we’re talkin’ gusts to around 40 mph throughout the day – but it will be colder. Highs will only reach the low 50s this afternoon. Central and western South Dakota will be a bit warmer with afternoon highs reaching the low 60s.

The wind will die down late this afternoon into this evening and that will lead us into an absolutely incredible day tomorrow. Wednesday is definitely the nicest day on the 7 Day Forecast with sunshine, highs in the upper 60s to low 70s and just a light northwest breeze.

A powerful cold front will blast across the region on Thursday, bringing more wind and much colder temperatures as we roll toward the weekend. By Friday morning, temps will drop into the 20s with highs only reaching the upper 30s to low 40s on Friday afternoon. The front will be mostly dry, but a few scattered light rain or snow showers will be possible late Thursday night into Friday morning. At this time I do not expect any accumulation.

While we will warm a bit through the weekend, temperatures will remain below average. High temps will stay in the low to mid 40s on Saturday, warming to near 50 on Sunday. Morning low temperatures will drop to the low to mid 20s through the weekend.