...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND...

.A POTENT UPPER WAVE WILL APPROACH THE REGION THIS WEEKEND, WHICH
MAY BRING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO MUCH OF THE AREA. SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA, THEN SHIFT SOUTHWARD OVER THE REST OF THE AREA THROUGH
SUNDAY. MANY PLACES COULD RECEIVE 6 OR MORE INCHES OF SNOW. WINDS
WILL BE BREEZY, AND SO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE
POSSIBLE. VERY COLD AIR WILL SINK INTO THE REGION SUNDAY,
PERSISTING INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8
INCHES POSSIBLE.

* WHERE...IN SOUTH DAKOTA, THE STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS, THE
NORTHERN FOOT HILLS AND THE NORTHERN BLACK HILLS. IN WYOMING,
THE WYOMING BLACK HILLS.

* WHEN...FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. PATCHY BLOWING SNOW
COULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITY.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...VERY COLD AIR WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION
SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS HEAVY SNOW, STRONG WINDS, FREEZING
PRECIPITATION, AND COLD TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE. MONITOR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO, LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION, OR THE INTERNET FOR
UPDATES ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM.  TAKE TIME TO
PREPARE FOR SEVERE WINTER CONDITIONS BEFORE THE STORM DEVELOPS.

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