SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Even though the winter storm tracks have been pretty tame so far this winter, all of that is about to change, but not in the way you might think.
As we watch for chances of snow this weekend in the forecast, it’s interesting to think about all the ways we’ve missed snow and how we are about to miss even more snow for a different set of reasons this winter.
Early November started off with a bang in Colorado with a major cut-off low-pressure system that dumped over 2 feet of snow in parts of that region. However, we had more rain in November and that storm did not follow the traditional behavior of an old-fashioned Colorado Low. It sat and basically fizzled far to our south.
Most of December was dry with a northwest flow pattern from Canada, with only limited accumulations.
Then, the system on Monday brought snow in western and south central South Dakota, but it was too warm in the Sioux Falls area, resulting in plain rain.
Now, this weekend it may turn too cold to snow. If this trend pans out, it will send the majority of the snow west and south of Sioux Falls. In fact, Kansas and Missouri are looking at a major snow and ice storm in the coming days.
Missing the ice is fine by me, but no matter what your opinion is on the snow, we do need more moisture in the weeks ahead. For now, we’ll keep watching the pattern.
