Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD
Issued by NWS Aberdeen, SD
992 FLUS43 KABR 082004 HWOABR Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 204 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2025 SDZ003>005-009-010-015>017-033>037-045-048-051-092015- Corson-Campbell-McPherson-Walworth-Edmunds-Dewey-Potter-Faulk- Stanley-Sully-Hughes-Hyde-Hand-Jones-Lyman-Buffalo- 204 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2025 /104 PM MST Wed Jan 8 2025/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for central South Dakota and north central South Dakota. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. Light precipitation in the form of mainly freezing rain, rain, or snow will move into areas west of the Missouri River during the evening hours and expand east of the Missouri River overnight as snow becomes the dominant weather type. A wintry mix will remain possible south of a line from Mission Ridge to Onida overnight. Light freezing rain accumulations of a couple hundredths of an inch or less are anticipated, with snowfall of around a half an inch or less by daybreak. Winds will increase out of the northwest around daybreak, with gusts of 30 to 40 mph, strongest over the higher elevations of north central South Dakota. The strong winds and falling snow will result in reductions in visibility, as well as patchy blowing and drifting snow. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Patchy blowing snow will linger into the evening hours Thursday as winds gusts 30 to 40 mph. Falling snow will end by late morning. Total snowfall through Thursday morning will be around an inch or less. Another similar system will move through the region Friday night through Saturday night, bringing snowfall of generally less than 2 inches. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. $$ MNZ039-046-SDZ006>008-011-018>023-092015- Traverse-Big Stone-Brown-Marshall-Roberts-Day-Spink-Clark-Codington- Grant-Hamlin-Deuel- 204 PM CST Wed Jan 8 2025 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for west central Minnesota and northeast South Dakota. .DAY ONE...This afternoon and tonight. A light snow will move in overnight, with less than a half inch of snowfall expected prior to daybreak Thursday. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday. Light snow will continue to sink southeast through the day Thursday. Snowfall totals will be around 2 inches or less, with the highest values over the western slopes of the Prairie Coteau, over Marshall and western Day Counties. Patchy blowing or drifting snow will also be possible over the western slopes of the Prairie Coteau Thursday afternoon, as winds increase out of the northwest and gust 30 to near 40 mph. Another similar system will move through the region Friday night through Saturday night, bringing snowfall of generally less than 2 inches. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected at this time. $$ KF