Heavy Great Lakes Snow through Friday; Extreme Cold and Potential for Major Winter Storm Late Week into this Weekend

Multiple clipper systems will bring cold temperatures and enhance lake-effect snow downwind of the Great Lakes. An arctic blast will bring frigid temperatures accompanied with gusty winds that may lead to dangerous wind chills beginning in the Northern Plains Thursday before expanding to the South and East. An expansive winter storm will start Friday in the Southern Rockies/Plains and Mid-South. Read More >

Current conditions at

Mobridge, Mobridge Municipal Airport (KMBG)

Lat: 45.55°NLon: 100.41°WElev: 1713ft.

Mostly Cloudy and Breezy

16°F

-9°C

Humidity 59%
Wind Speed NW 23 G 33 mph
Barometer 30.09 in (1022.0 mb)
Dewpoint 4°F (-16°C)
Visibility 10.00 mi
Wind Chill-2°F (-19°C)
Last update 21 Jan 4:52 pm CST
Extended Forecast for

18 Miles WSW Akaska SD

Extreme Cold Watch January 22, 05:00pm until January 23, 02:00pm
Winter Weather Advisory January 21, 04:28pm until January 21, 05:00pm
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Extreme Cold Watch
Winter Weather Advisory
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    Winter Weather Advisory January 21, 04:28pm until January 21, 05:00pm

    NOW until 5:00pm Wed

    Winter Weather Advisory

  • This Afternoon

    High: 17 °F

    Isolated Snow
    Showers and
    Patchy
    Blowing Snow

  • Tonight

    Tonight: Isolated snow showers.  Increasing clouds, with a low around 4. West northwest wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph.  Chance of precipitation is 20%.

    Low: 4 °F

    Isolated Snow
    Showers

  • Thursday

    Thursday: Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny and cold, with a temperature rising to near 8 by 10am, then falling to around -3 during the remainder of the day. Wind chill values as low as -25. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 16 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.

    High: 8 °F

    Cold and
    Blustery

  • Thursday Night

    Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around -19. Wind chill values as low as -37. North wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

    Low: -19 °F

    Partly Cloudy

  • Friday

    Friday: Partly sunny and cold, with a high near -7. North northwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming east in the afternoon.

    High: -7 °F

    Cold

  • Friday Night

    Friday Night: A slight chance of snow before 11pm.  Mostly cloudy, with a low around -12. Southeast wind around 7 mph.  Chance of precipitation is 20%.

    Low: -12 °F

    Slight Chance
    Snow then
    Mostly Cloudy

  • Saturday

    Saturday: Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 5. South southeast wind 6 to 8 mph.

    High: 5 °F

    Cold

  • Saturday Night

    Saturday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -12. East southeast wind 7 to 9 mph becoming northwest in the evening.

    Low: -12 °F

    Mostly Cloudy

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon
Isolated snow showers. Patchy blowing snow. Partly sunny, with a steady temperature around 17. Blustery, with a northwest wind around 28 mph, with gusts as high as 39 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tonight
Isolated snow showers. Increasing clouds, with a low around 4. West northwest wind 11 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Thursday
Cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny and cold, with a temperature rising to near 8 by 10am, then falling to around -3 during the remainder of the day. Wind chill values as low as -25. Blustery, with a north northwest wind 16 to 23 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.
Thursday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around -19. Wind chill values as low as -37. North wind 9 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
Friday
Partly sunny and cold, with a high near -7. North northwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming east in the afternoon.
Friday Night
A slight chance of snow before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -12. Southeast wind around 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Saturday
Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 5. South southeast wind 6 to 8 mph.
Saturday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around -12. East southeast wind 7 to 9 mph becoming northwest in the evening.
Sunday
Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 3. North wind around 10 mph.
Sunday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around -11.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 22.
Monday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 5.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 21.
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ABOUT THIS FORECAST

 
Point Forecast:
18 Miles WSW Akaska SD
 45.21°N 100.42°W (Elev. 1909 ft)
4:11 pm MST Jan 21, 2026
4pm MST Jan 21, 2026-6pm MST Jan 27, 2026
 
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