Daily Weather Discussion

Unlike yesterday you are definitely going to need your warm jacket today. A cold front blasted through late yesterday and temperatures have been falling through the night. We’re not going to recover much this afternoon, either. Afternoon temps won’t even make it out of the 20s. Factor in northwest wind gusts to between 25 and 30 mph and it’ll feel even colder. The wind will decrease late this afternoon into this evening.

The holiday weekend will be dry with a mild start. Temperatures will climb back into the low 50s by Thanksgiving day, soaring into the upper 50s on Black Friday. Another cold front will drop highs back into the 30s and 40s on Saturday and Sunday. If you’re traveling anywhere in the five state region this holiday weekend it should be smooth sailing.

A cold front zipped across the Dakotas overnight and that means there will be changes to our weather. The front did blow the clouds out of here… Unfortunately, it kicked the warm air out too. Today will be sunny, breezy and colder. High temps will only reach the 30s to low 40s this afternoon. That’s about 15 degrees colder than yesterday.

We will gradually warm back into the low 50s by Friday afternoon and then another front will bring more cold for the weekend. Saturday and Sunday will be mostly sunny with highs in the upper 30s to low 40s.

Next week will be dry with highs in the low to mid 40s on Monday and Tuesday. Our long-range models are hinting at a warm, dry Thanksgiving. Stay tuned… I’ll have updates on the Thanksgiving holiday weekend forecast as we get closer.

After a November of mostly below-average temperatures, we are finally looking forward to a couple of nice, warm days. The southerly flow responsible for the warmer temps is also dragging in quite a bit of moisture, so it will be mostly cloudy at times today and tomorrow, but that’s not going to stop temps from soaring well into the 50s.

Today will be partly to mostly cloudy with highs ranging from the low 50s in Sioux Falls and the east to the 60s across central South Dakota. It’ll be a bit breezy along and east of I-29 this morning, but the wind will gradually decrease throughout the day.

Tomorrow will be mostly cloudy and even warmer with high temps ranging from the upper 50s to low 60s. Temperatures will drop a bit later this week but will stay close to or little above average most days. Scattered showers are possible on Friday.

The weekend will be mostly sunny and cooler with high temps in the upper 30s on both Saturday and Sunday.