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jr_amsoil

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big snow and even bigger winds are heading in. calling for a foot of snow and 65 mph winds. im guesing that will close the roads for sure. :letitsnow
 

FORECAST FOR STICKNEY, SD

Issued by The National Weather Service
Sioux Falls, SD
3:19 pm CST, Wed., Nov. 5, 2008

... BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.

RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES COOL... THE RAIN SHOULD CHANGE TO SNOW FROM THE WEST THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION... WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP. THE COMBINATION OF FALLING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO.

A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES. THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS.
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.LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM SOUTH DAKOTA TO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND THURSDAY... AND GRADUALLY BECOME VERY STRONG. THIS WILL CAUSE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS TO DEVELOP AND BRING COLD AIR INTO THE AREA NEAR AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER IN SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. EXPECTED RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR THIS AREA. WITH NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH... VISIBILITIES COULD AT TIMES BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW.


FORECAST FOR NORTHERN BLACK HILLS


Issued by The National Weather Service
Rapid City, SD
2:51 pm MST, Wed., Nov. 5, 2008

... WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THURSDAY.

SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 14 TO 20 INCHES WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 FEET ARE EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY... PRODUCING REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.
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.A DEVELOPING UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL STRENGTHEN OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS EVENING. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO STRENGTHEN OVERNIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA.

THIS STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION TO WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE FAR NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF WYOMING FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS SNOW. THE HEAVIEST SNOWS WILL BE OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BLACK HILLS WHERE 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE BY LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ON THE PLAINS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA 6 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING.

VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ON THE PLAINS OF WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA... WITH EVEN STRONGER WINDS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE STRONG WINDS AND SNOW WILL LEAD TO GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND VERY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND THURSDAY.
 
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