State forecast for South Dakota

Various winter storm watches from tonight through saturday night central and east...

Today...Snow likely west. Increasing clouds and becoming breezy east...With snow likely by this afternoon. Freezing drizzle or light freezing rain possible southwest and extreme southeast this afternoon. Highs in the 20s east...25 to 35 west.

Tonight...Snow south...Possibly mixing with sleet or freezing rain. Heavy snow possible central late. Precipitation diminishing to flurries or freezing drizzle southeast. Light snow northeast ending in the evening. A chance of snow northwest. Lows mainly 20 to 30.

Saturday...Snow central through northeast...Possibly heavy. Chance of snow west. Fog and freezing drizzle in the morning southeast... Then freezing rain or rain in the afternoon. A thunderstorm possible extreme southeast. Highs in the 20s west and north...To the mid to upper 30s extreme southeast.

Saturday night...Windy with snow central and east...Possibly heavy with blowing snow. Rain or freezing rain in the evening extreme southeast before changing to snow. A chance of snow west. Lows in the teens north and west...20s southeast.

Extended forecast...

Sunday...Dry west. Snow ending east. Quite windy far east. Highs mainly in the 20s.

Monday...A chance of snow west...Reaching south central in the afternoon. Dry northeast. Lows from 5 below to 5 above east... To the teens west. Highs 25 to 35 west...And teens to lower 20s east.

Tuesday...Turning breezy and colder...With a chance of snow. Lows in the teens far southeast...Otherwise 5 below to 10 above. Highs 5 to 15 north...To the lower 20s far southeast.