Air Quality Concerns; Fire Weather; Extreme Heat; Flash Flooding

Wildfire smoke continues to result in poor air quality from the Upper Midwest into the Northeast. Dangerous heat and fire weather concerns for portions of the Four Corners region into the central Great Basin. Heavy rainfall and flash flooding possible for the Southeast through Monday. For Hawaii, gusty trade winds a drier weather could result in any fires that start to spread rapidly. Read More >

Overview

A powerful storm system impacted central and northeastern South Dakota and western Minnesota from the morning through evening of December 4th, 2017. For many, this was the first accumulating snow event of the season. Strong winds resulted in blizzard conditions across the area as well. Cold, single digit and lower air moved in behind this system as well.

*Data is preliminary*

SDDOT snowplow webcam on I90-US85 at 1:48 pm Dec 4th

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Snowfall reports from December 4th.

Photos:


SDDOT webcam from 12 miles E of Hayes at 11:41 am	SDDOT webcam from 1 mile ESE of Bowdle at 1:10 pm	SDDOT webcam from 4 miles WSW of Lowry at 1:08 pm	SDDOT webcam from Forest City at 12:31 pm


SDDOT webcams from Trail City and Herreid, with visibility reference	Visibility approaching 150 feet, 5 miles W of Mound City at 11 am. Photo courtesy of Brent Odde	SDDOT snowplow webcam on I90-US85 at 1:48 pm	SDDOT webcam from Macs Corner. Pockets of freezing rain/drizzle preceded the snow in some cases