Monitoring winter storms in the Black Hills region; The chance of rain will start tomorrow

SOOX FALLS, SD (KELO) — Ready for a change in weather? Well, stay with us. First, a winter storm watch has been issued for the central and northern Black Hills for the potential for heavy sleet tomorrow through Wednesday.

The heaviest snow will be above 4,500 feet. The watch area is forecast to get more than 6 inches of snow, but we’ll have more details later today.

Meanwhile, it will be a very mild day across much of CALOLAND with near-record highs in the Sioux Falls area. Expect 60 degrees this afternoon across much of western SD. The first showers will develop in the Black Hills region tonight, with the chance of rain increasing in the western part of the state tomorrow. Expect rain to spread to the East River tomorrow night into Wednesday. Thunderstorms and lightning are possible in the Southeast on Tuesday evening. Much cooler weather is expected on Wednesday.

The rain total map below gives us some clues as to the nature of this likely rain. Overall, we see a wider area of rain in western, central and northeastern SD with this system. Rain will also pass in the southeast, but it may be more scattered. Totals in excess of half an inch are expected in western CALOLAND.

By Thursday, the weather is expected to change with cooler highs in the 40s and 50s. Another weather system could arrive in KELLOLONDEN early next week… something to watch out for in the coming days.

Here are the forecast details.

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