UPDATE:

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTH EASTERN MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSON. A WINTER STORM
WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST, WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN MINNEOSTA
THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. A POWERFULL STORM SYSTEM WILL GATHER STRENGTH AND
PULL OUT OF THE ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON, BRINGING WITH IT, HEAVY SNOW, HIGH
WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES. ON THE WARM SIDE OF THE STORM TEMPERATURES IN
EASTERN WISCONSON ARE IN THE LOWER 40'S WHERE RAIN WILL FALL MUCH OF THE
DAY. IN WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA, TEMPERATURES ARE HOVERING IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA WILL BE FROM 4-8 INCHES
TONIGHT. DURING THE DAY SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT, EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 6-8
INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE NEAR THE BUFFALO RIDGE
IN SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY NIGHT AND PART OF
MONDAY, TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS COULD EXCEED 16 INCHES.

THERE IS A WINTER STORM WATCH (WHICH WILL MOST LIKELY BE CHANGED TO A
WARNING SHORTLY AFTER NOON) FOR EAST CENTRAL, SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTH
EASTERN MINNESOTA, THIS WATCH ALSO INCLUDES PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSON.
SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY
AND COVERAGE BY LATE SATERDAY. EXPECT 3-6 INCHES OF SNOW TO FALL BY TOMRROW
MORNING AND AS SNOW BECOMES HEAVIER TOMORROW, EXPECT AN ADDTIONAL 6-8 INCHES
OF SNOW. MORE SNOW COULD FALL SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY AS THIS STORM WINDS
UP AND BARRELS INTO CENTRAL WISCONSON. TEMPERATURES WILL HOLD STEADY IN THE
LOWER 30'S TODAY AND FALL INTO THE TEENS TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY
TOMORROW. WINDS BE FROM 15-25 MPH, WITH MUCH HIGHER GUSTS IN WESTERN
MINNESOTA CAUSING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TOMORROW AND TOMORROW NIGHT.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM. ROADS WILL IMPASSABLE AND TRAVEL WILL BE
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO MY FORCASTS
FOR FURTHER UPDATES.

A WINTER STORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA
AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. SNOW
AMOUNTS IN THE WARNING AREA. BROOKINGS, HURON AND WATERTOWN ARE ALL IN THE
WARNING AREA. SNOW, HEAVY AT TIMES WILL ACCUMULATE TO NEAR 12 INCHES BY
LATE SUNDAY NIGHT. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOPE LATE TONIGHT AND INTO
TOMORROW AS WINDS REACH AND EXCEED THE 35 MPH MARK, WITH MUCH HIGHER GUSTS
EXPECTED. EXPECT MILDER CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE IN THE ADVISORY AREA, WITH 3-5
INCHES OF SNOW. PIERRE, ABERDEEN, LAKE ANDES, CHAMERLAIN AND REDFIELD ARE
ALL INCLUDED IN THE ADVISORY.