RAPID CITY, S.D. – Some areas of South Dakota are receiving snow today with Winter Weather Advisories and Winter Storm Warnings posted.
A Winter Storm Warning encompasses a good portion of southwestern and southcentral South Dakota, where up to 6 inches of snow could fall.
The central Black Hills and western plains see a Winter Weather Advisory today where lesser amounts of expected.
The storm is due to a low pressure system that will continue to bring accumulating west snow to the area until Wednesday night.
Spearfish, Sturgis and down to Rapid City are not expected to see near the snow falling in areas to the south and east, where I-90 from the Wall area eastward is in poor shape Wednesday.
The South Dakota Highway Patrol says there have been numerous vehicles sliding off the road along I-90 between Wall and Vivian.
Meanwhile,
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Weather experts say a winter storm that could deliver up to 8 inches of snow in parts of southwest South Dakota through Wednesday will be beneficial, but won’t do a lot to mitigate the ongoing drought in the region.
The U.S. Drought Monitor shows nearly all of the region west of the Missouri River is experiencing a severe drought.
National Weather Service hydrologist Melissa Smith says benefits of the latest storm will be limited because of an abnormally dry winter.
