🚨 BLIZZARD WARNING - South Dakota Weather 3/14 - Evening

Good evening. South Dakota. I'm Michael Mosby. That dusting of snow overnight? Just a teaser, folks, the main feature is about to walk through the door. And it's not messing around, a powerful storm system is taking dead aim at us right now. Let me take you on a quick tour of the state, you're sitting at 21 degrees in the east under gray skies. Rain slides in this evening, but don't get used to it, that switches to snow after midnight. Then the wind takes over, gusts hitting 40 miles an hour will create blizzard conditions overnight. You'll see 1 to 3 inches of fresh snow by morning, sunday hits 26 degrees, but the bottom falls out by nightfall. We're talking single digits, wind chills could scrape minus 23 by Monday morning. That's dangerous, folks. Head west and you're already colder at 11 degrees. Rain and snow mix in this evening before turning to all snow overnight. Another 1 to 3 inches piles up there, with winds gusting to 37 miles an hour. Sunday stays windy with a high near 25, dropping to near 5 degrees Sunday night. Central South Dakota, you're right in the thick of it at 13 degrees. Rain changes to snow around 9 P.M., this region sees the highest totals, with 2 to 4 inches expected. Blizzard conditions are likely overnight as gusts top 44 miles an hour, sunday only reaches 21 for a high. Watch your thermometer Sunday night, it drops near zero. Sunday is a dangerous weather day statewide, travel will be extremely difficult, so please stay put if you can. The arctic air behind this is brutal, running 15 to 30 degrees below normal to start the week. But here's the plot twist, monday stays sunny and frigid with highs in the teens. Tuesday warms into the 30s. Then Wednesday? We rocket to near 60, by Thursday and Friday. Here comes 70s. That's a 50-degree swing in four days. Classic South Dakota. As the sun sets. Charge your phones and hunker down tonight. — See you tomorrow.