3-25-19 Northern Plains: Tracking light rain/snow & fog today. Mid-week warm-up in store! B.

Today’s Video: 

Good Monday morning everyone! We have a mix of rain and snow across Western SD this morning. Generally this will linger and slowly move east throughout the day today and lead to some additional light snowfall accumulations: 

Here’s a look at the simulated radar the rest of the day today and potential snow accumulation:

Dense Fog advisories remain in effect with fog/mist issues continuing at least into the early afternoon today in Western SD: 

Here’s a look at the visibilities overnight tonight as additional fog risks are likely overnight tonight and into tomorrow morning in W. SD, SW ND and Western Minnesota: 

Lingering energy could lead to some scattered showers or drizzle tomorrow morning in Eastern SD and a weak wave of energy could spawn a few rain/snow showers in Northern Minnesota into early tomorrow afternoon. Better chance for more widespread scattered light rain showers in Northern/Eastern Minnesota on Wednesday: 

Temperatures will warm up well above freezing for most of the area tomorrow and Wednesday likely leading to a lot of melting snow: 

Here’s a look at wind gusts over the next 4 days: 

A more potent system will arrive later this week with some light rain/snow possible Thursday with the main wave Friday into Friday night. Accumulating snow is certainly on the table in Western SD with data in fairly good agreement: 

Here’s a look at 7-day precipitation totals from the European model: 

Here’s a look at hourly forecasts for Pierre, Bismarck, Fergus Falls and Rochester: 

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to reach out via [email protected]! Have a great day!