Rhonda Lee
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Football Weather Weekend
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - We are back with the Fall-like weekend weather! High pressure is here for now but it’s not going to be a standard feature. A low from the Pacific Northwest is going to make its way here, and Saturday’s round will be half of what is coming over the next 4 days. More clouds in advance of and after the front and the forecast rain showers are going to be slow to move out of… → Read More
Winter Gets an Early Start in the Black Hills
Winter gets an early start in the Black Hills. → Read More
Keeping the Clouds Away
Rain by the end of the week. Still hot until then. → Read More
Get Ready for an Un-Fall-like Fall Weekend
Warm October weekend in the Black Hills. → Read More
Sunny. Warm. Spring-like. Dry. Rinse. Repeat Seven Times
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The rain was super nice, but it was short-lived and not nearly enough to put even the slightest dent in the drought monitor that was released this week. There were not any major changes in the report today and at this point I don’t think we will see anything major in the right direction for a very long time. I was looking at our long range forecasting models and when I… → Read More
The 21st Night of September is Worth Dancing About
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The rain that fell yesterday is about all we are going to get for a good long while. We are going to be warmer and end up drier for the rest of the week. So the snow that we caught on our radar last night was surely an anomaly. Considering our highs in the 60s today, there is a 0% chance that there is accumulation. A very sturdy ridge takes hold of the Black Hills… → Read More
Make Way for a Sunny Holiday
Sunny holiday weekend. → Read More
Hello Then Good-Bye Rain
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - It was an overall nice day, but the rain is coming back Friday. I am not mad at it. However, it will be a short-lived visit. Thing is, that may be the end of the rain for a while as we get the sun back in here for the next six days after that. We are overall finished with the decaying Hurricane Nora and now we are dealing with monsoonal moisture and our cold front that… → Read More
Cold Front and Tropical Moisture Coming
Rain in the Black Hills. → Read More
Severe Ends and Sunshine for Tuesday
Less severe weather Tuesday. → Read More
Keeping an Eye on Severe Weather in the Black Hills
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - This is the last Wednesday of August/Meteorological Summer. And with it comes wave one of three of our unsettled pattern is moving into the Black Hills Thursday afternoon. For the rest of the workweek, our daily chances for rain are on the increase. This active southwesterly flow gives us a better chance of more organized storms and an increase of severe possibilities… → Read More
Mid-Week Sunshine and Storms
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - We are looking at an unsettled pattern moving into the Black Hills for the rest of the week. Our daily chances for rain are on the increase through at least Friday. Southwesterly flow aloft moves in and will come in by way of several rounds into the region. Right now Wednesday night into Thursday looks to be the best time for more widespread strong to severe storms as… → Read More
Central States Fair Weekend Forecast
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - We are gradually warming up, however the gains in the Mercury will be modest at best. The Black Hills will be under a weak trough then a stationary front that will keep us on the cooler side for the last full week of August. High pressure builds back in and our sunshine will keep shining clear through next week. There are a few very minor chances of rain that are… → Read More
Warm, Hot, Cool in Seven Days
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - That high pressure is giving us a workout this weekend. The sun keeps on shining and the heat keeps on rising as the second half of the weekend brings temperatures a few degrees shy of 100! The cool front dropped our temperatures for the last few days, but that moderate and mild air will leave us and get replaced by a potent high that sticks around through the beginning… → Read More
Your Latest Sturgis Rally Forecast
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Much warmer than the last few days. There is a chance of a shower in the afternoon and evening hours, so watch out for wet roads. Sunday looks to be one of our hottest days getting to the mid-90s. Then even warmer for Monday. All rights reserved. → Read More
Feels Nice For Friday
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - I am not looking at much in the way of rain for Thursday night or anytime within the next few days. A (much needed) pop-up shower Thursday evening with the arrival of a cool front will again knock a few degrees off of Friday’s daytime high. For Friday, we will remain not that much above our average of the upper-80s, but hot on to your Sturgis Rally helmets on Sunday!… → Read More
Severe is Out of Here Saturday
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The unsettled flow aloft that put us in the “Slight Risk” category earlier Friday is stabilizing so the severe weather that was forecast for Friday is going away. That upper-level ridge that kept us hot this week moved east. Now that the trough is gone our temperatures will be slightly cooler and closer to normal. However don’t get too comfortable. A ridge builds back… → Read More
Saturday’s Sturgis Rally Forecast
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The unsettled flow aloft that put us in the “Slight Risk” category earlier Friday is stabilizing, so the severe weather that rumbled across the skies Friday afternoon is finished. That upper-level ridge that kept us hot this week moved east. Now that the trough is gone our temperatures will be slightly cooler and closer to normal until the heat returns Sunday. All… → Read More
Your Latest Sturgis Motorcycle Rally Forecast
Latest forecast for our Sturgis Rally visitors. → Read More
Start of Sturgis Rally Rains
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - We are still tracking the monsoonal moisture coming in from the desert southwest. The moisture will move up and over the ridge and fire off a storm or two in our overnight mainly from the central hills and across the plains. The unsettled flow aloft will continue to give us a chance of thunderstorms for the next few days. An upper-level ridge will begin to breakdown and… → Read More