Another Winter Storm is Coming According to Frankie MacDonald

Last week a source was predicting over 20 inches of snow for Sioux Falls before Christmas. Maybe they were confused with centimeters. Our amateur Canadian weather forecaster, Frankie MacDonald, wants to inform us that we could see about 20 centimeters of snow (that would be just about 8 inches) in the Sioux Falls and Rapid City area. Frankie said that we will see blowing and drifting snow on Tuesday, December 15, 2015. A low pressure system is going to intensify and strengthen and will cause blowing and drifting snow, plus it will cause treacherous driving conditions and reduced visibility.

You know what you need to do. Stock up on your Coke and Pepsi and make sure you have every color of tea available to keep warm.

Just so we have a couple of opinions, here is what Todd Heitkamp and the National Weather Service are predicting. Wouldn't that be funny if Frankie was right, and the NWS was wrong. My money is on Frankie!

Monday: A slight chance of snow before 8am. Patchy fog between 8am and 10am. Otherwise, cloudy, with a high near 35. Breezy, with a north wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.

Monday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 26. North wind 5 to 15 mph.

Tuesday: A slight chance of snow and sleet before noon, then rain and snow likely between noon and 5pm, then snow likely after 5pm. Cloudy, with a high near 36. East wind 10 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected.

Tuesday Night: Rain and snow likely, becoming all snow after 3am. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Breezy, with an east northeast wind 15 to 20 mph becoming northeast 5 to 10 mph after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. New snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.

Wednesday: A chance of snow. Cloudy, with a high near 32. Breezy. Chance of precipitation is 40%.

Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21. Blustery.

Thursday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 24.