12-6-17 Northern Plains Forecast: Arctic air taking hold – trending warmer for western locations into the weekend. N.

Today’s Northern Plains Forecast Update:

A wind advisory is in place across western South Dakota where winds could gust up to 50 mph today.  We also have a winter weather advisory across the Black Hills region for 3-6″ of snow.  

Localized bands of accumulating snow across western South Dakota this morning.  Radar animation at 9AM CST shown below:

Forecast additional snow next 18 hours:

It gets very cold tonight with most areas in the single digits and some drop below zero across northern Minnesota (thanks to more snow on the ground):