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SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
838 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2013

HIGH PRESSURE SLID SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS
TODAY...KEEPING A DRY AIRMASS WITH MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES IN PLACE
ACROSS THE RUSHMORE STATE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. LATE IN THE
AFTERNOON...HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS BEGAN TO STREAM SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE
WESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE FROM A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN CANADA.
WINDS REMAINED LIGHT AND VARIABLE ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE
STATE TODAY WHILE SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH PREVAILED ACROSS
THE WEST. TEMPERATURES WARMED INTO THE 60S ACROSS THE EAST...TO THE
UPPER 70S ACROSS THE WEST AS THE SOUTHERLY WINDS DREW IN WARMER AIR.
THE RANGE OF HIGH TEMPERATURES WAS FROM 61 IN WATERTOWN AND
BROOKINGS...TO 79 IN BUFFALO.

AT 8 PM CDT/7 PM MDT...A BLANKET OF HIGH CLOUDS COVERED THE WESTERN
HALF OF THE STATE...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM MOBRIDGE TO
WINNER. THERE WAS ALSO A PATCH OF HIGH CLOUDS OVER THE ABERDEEN TO
SISSETON AREA IN THE NORTHEAST...WHILE MOSTLY CLEAR CONDITIONS
PREVAILED ELSEWHERE IN THE EAST. WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE FROM
SISSETON...TO BROOKINGS... AND THROUGH SIOUX FALLS...WHILE OUT OF
THE SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH ACROSS THE REST OF THE STATE.
TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 58 IN WATERTOWN...TO 74 IN BUFFALO.

LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL NOT BE AS COLD AS LAST NIGHT AND ARE
EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM THE LOW 40S EAST...TO THE MID TO UPPER 50S
WEST.

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