Major Winter Storm to Bring Heavy Snow and Ice Impacts; Dangerously Cold in the North-Central U.S.

A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Southern Rockies/Plains into the Mid-South beginning Friday, spreading eastward to the Mid-Atlantic and New England this weekend. An Arctic front will bring frigid temperatures and gusty winds that will lead to dangerous wind chills from the Northern Plains and Upper Midwest. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Watertown, Watertown Municipal Airport (KATY)

Lat: 44.9°NLon: 97.15°WElev: 1745ft.

Fair

5°F

-15°C

Humidity	69%
Wind Speed	W 14 mph
Barometer	30.11 in (1023.5 mb)
Dewpoint	-3°F (-19°C)
Visibility	10.00 mi
Wind Chill	-12°F (-24°C)
Last update	22 Jan 6:53 am CST

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Extended Forecast for

6 Miles E Clark SD

Extreme Cold Warning January 22, 06:00pm until January 23, 03:00pm

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Extreme Cold Warning

Today
High: 5 °F⇓
Scattered
Flurries and
Patchy
Blowing Snow
Tonight
Low: -22 °F
Partly Cloudy
Friday
High: -11 °F
Cold
Friday Night
Low: -16 °F
Mostly Cloudy
Saturday
High: 1 °F
Cold
Saturday Night
Low: -12 °F
Partly Cloudy
Sunday
High: -1 °F
Cold
Sunday Night
Low: -16 °F
Partly Cloudy
Monday
High: 16 °F
Mostly Sunny

Detailed Forecast

Today

Scattered flurries before 11am. Patchy blowing snow after 11am. Partly sunny and cold, with a temperature rising to near 5 by 11am, then falling to around -7 during the remainder of the day. Wind chill values as low as -31. Blustery, with a northwest wind 15 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with a low around -22. Wind chill values as low as -41. North northwest wind 9 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.

Friday

Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -11. Wind chill values as low as -41. Northwest wind 5 to 8 mph.

Friday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -16. Wind chill values as low as -29. Light and variable wind becoming south around 6 mph after midnight.

Saturday

Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 1. South wind 6 to 9 mph.

Saturday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around -12. South southeast wind around 6 mph becoming northeast after midnight.

Sunday

Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near -1. North northeast wind 6 to 9 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.