Prolonged Atmospheric River in the Pacific Northwest; Snow and High Winds in the North-Central U.S.

A prolonged atmospheric river will continue impacting the Pacific Northwest with heavy rainfall which has lead to areas of urban and river flooding along with gusty winds into Thursday. A clipper will bring heavy snow, some mixed wintry precipitation, and gusty to high winds across the northern Plains, Upper Midwest, and the Great Lakes into Thursday morning. Read More >

Hazardous Weather Conditions

Current conditions at

Buffalo (K2WX)

Lat: 45.6°NLon: 103.55°WElev: 3002ft.

Windy

44°F

7°C

Humidity	71%
Wind Speed	NW 40 G 54 mph
Barometer	29.45 in (998.5 mb)
Dewpoint	35°F (2°C)
Visibility	NA
Wind Chill	33°F (1°C)
Last update	9 Dec 12:56 pm MST

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Extended Forecast for

8 Miles WSW Ralph SD

Winter Weather Advisory December 10, 05:00pm until December 11, 11:00am

High Wind Warning until December 10, 02:00am

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Winter Weather Advisory

High Wind Warning

High Wind Warning until December 10, 02:00am
NOW until 2:00am Wed
High Wind Warning
This Afternoon
High: 47 °F
Slight Chance
Rain/Snow and
Very Windy
Tonight
Low: 21 °F
Partly Cloudy
and Windy
Wednesday
High: 34 °F
Snow Likely
Wednesday Night
Low: 29 °F⇑
Wintry Mix
Likely
Thursday
High: 43 °F⇓
Chance Rain
then Chance
Rain/Snow
Thursday Night
Low: 5 °F
Chance Snow
and Blustery
Friday
High: 10 °F
Chance Snow
Friday Night
Low: -4 °F
Snow

Detailed Forecast

This Afternoon

A slight chance of rain before 3pm, then a slight chance of rain and snow between 3pm and 4pm, then a slight chance of snow after 4pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 47. Very windy, with a northwest wind 40 to 43 mph, with gusts as high as 65 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Tonight

Partly cloudy, with a low around 21. Wind chill values as low as 10. Windy, with a northwest wind 25 to 30 mph decreasing to 17 to 22 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 47 mph.

Wednesday

Snow likely after 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34. Wind chill values as low as 10. Northwest wind 6 to 14 mph becoming southeast in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Wednesday Night

Snow and freezing rain likely before 1am, then a chance of rain or freezing rain between 1am and 2am, then a chance of rain after 2am. Cloudy, with a temperature rising to around 36 by 4am. Wind chill values as low as 17. South wind around 14 mph becoming west after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 23 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New ice accumulation of less than a 0.1 of an inch possible. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday

A chance of rain before 4pm, then a chance of rain and snow. Cloudy, with a temperature rising to near 43 by 11am, then falling to around 33 during the remainder of the day. Northwest wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 29 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Thursday Night

A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a low around 5. Blustery, with a northwest wind 20 to 22 mph, with gusts as high as 31 mph. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.

Friday

A 50 percent chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 10. Northwest wind 10 to 17 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.

Friday Night

Snow. Cloudy, with a low around -4. East wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 16 mph.

Saturday

A chance of snow before 11am. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 6.

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around -8.

Sunday

Partly sunny, with a high near 30.

Sunday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 12.