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SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1155 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013

SHOWERS AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED AROUND SOUTH DAKOTA
DURING THE NIGHT. ABUNDANT MOISTURE CONTINUED TO FEED INTO A NEARLY
STATIONARY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SPINNING OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVERNIGHT VARIED FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO OVER AN
INCH IN SOME AREAS NEAR THE MISSOURI RIVER.

LOW TEMPERATURES AROUND THE RUSHMORE STATE VARIED FROM THE 40S ACROSS
FAR WESTERN PARTS OF SOUTH DAKOTA. EAST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER
READINGS WERE MAINLY IN THE 50S TO AROUND 60 DEGREES. THE COLD SPOT
WAS CUSTER WITH 43 DEGREES...WHILE THE WARMEST TEMPERATURE WAS IN
WATERTOWN WITH 60 DEGREES.

AT LATE MORNING IT WAS RATHER WET ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE
STATE. NUMEROUS SHOWERS WERE ROTATING AROUND LOW PRESSURE MAKING ITS
WAY THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS. NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS WERE SEEN WEST RIVER.TO THE EAST...SOUTHWEST WINDS AT
10 TO 20 MPH WERE COMMON AROUND MUCH OF THE AREA.

EXPECT SHOWERS ALONG WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO PERSIST OVER
SOUTH DAKOTA MUCH OF THE DAY. OTHERWISE IT WILL BE CLOUDY AND COOL
WITH TEMPERATURES ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL FOR
LATE MAY. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL STRUGGLE TO MAKE IT INTO THE MIDDLE
AND UPPER 50S WEST RIVER...WITH LOWER AND MIDDLE 60S ELSEWHERE.

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