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Good morning. South Dakota. I'm Aaron Jolly.
Folks, winter is throwing a tantrum today. A cold front is carving through the state right now. And it's bringing the full menu: fog, rain, freezing rain. And snow.
Eastern South Dakota woke up to dense fog and rain. Sioux Falls hits 49 degrees this morning, then temperatures nosedive to 34 by afternoon as the front barrels through. Rain switches to freezing rain around 8 P.M. — slick roads guaranteed. Snow takes over by midnight. Here comes a glaze of ice and less than an inch of snow before it clears out Saturday morning.
Central South Dakota sees snow developing around noon. Pierre tops out at 37 degrees before the cold air crashes in. Snow likely through this evening with up to an inch of accumulation. Winds gust to 30 miles an hour out of the north — the kind that finds every gap in your jacket.
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