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SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1149 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

A RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE...BOTH AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT...WAS
SLIDING EASTWARD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS OVERNIGHT. THIS BROUGHT A COOL
AND DRY NIGHT THE THE REGION...ALTHOUGH THERE WAS SOME SPOTTY FOG
AND HEAVY DEW IN THE EAST BY SUNRISE. A MOSTLY SUNNY TO SUNNY SKY...
MAINLY COMPRISED OF HIGH LEVEL CIRRUS CLOUDS...ALLOWED TEMPERATURES
TO WARM QUICKLY THIS MORNING.

THE PERSISTANT LOW PRESSURE THAT BROUGHT MULTIPLE DAYS OF RAINFALL
TO SOUTH DAKOTA FINALLY MOVED OUT OF THE REGION FRIDAY EVENING. MOST
AMOUNTS YESTERDAY WERE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH...WITH THE
MAJORITY OF THE REPORTS IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE. SOME
SELECTED MEASUREMENTS RECEIVED THIS MORNING INCLUDED:

  MILBANK 7.9 ESE                           0.16
  ASTORIA 0.9 SSE                           0.14
  CLEAR LAKE 0.6 SSW                        0.14
  BROOKINGS 1.4 SW                          0.12
  SIOUX FALLS 3.4 ESE                       0.11
  SISSETON 10.4 ENE                         0.11
  SISSETON 3.8 W                            0.11
  GAYVILLE 1.8 SSW                          0.11
  HURLEY 0.2 S                              0.11
  OAK LAKE                                  0.11
  SISSETON 0.1 ENE                          0.10
  HARTFORD 0.5 N                            0.10
  WHITE LAKE                                0.10
  VICTOR                                    0.10
  WATERTOWN 2.2 W                           0.09
  BROOKINGS 6.8 SSW                         0.09
  SISSETON                                  0.09
  GRENVILLE 5.6 ENE                         0.08
  YANKTON                                   0.08
  WATERTOWN 2.7 E                           0.07
  ALEXANDRIA 6.4 N                          0.06
  WORTHING 2.0 W                            0.06
  SIOUX FALLS 4.5 SSW                       0.06
  ROY LAKE                                  0.06
  WATERTOWN                                 0.06
  PARKER 0.5 ENE                            0.05
  SIOUX FALLS 3.4 WSW                       0.05
  WEBSTER 7.8 SSW                           0.05
  OLDHAM 0.9 E                              0.05
  DELL RAPIDS                               0.05
  FULTON 9.4 N                              0.04
  HERRICK 4.5 NW                            0.04
  PARKSTON 6.6 S                            0.04
  HUDSON 8.3 WNW                            0.04
  HERRICK 0.1 NNW                           0.04
  HERRICK 8.2 SSW                           0.04
  SIOUX FALLS AIRPORT                       0.04
  BURKE 2.4 NE                              0.03
  DALLAS 8.8 S                              0.03
  HOLABIRD 12.2 N                           0.03
  RENNER 4.1 NW                             0.03
  HOWARD 5.3 W                              0.03
  CHAMBERLAIN 0.3 W                         0.03
  DE SMET 0.2 SSE                           0.03
  WHITEWOOD 4.2 NNW                         0.03
  WINFRED                                   0.03
  CARPENTER 7.6 WNW                         0.02
  DALLAS 13.2 SSW                           0.02
  BURKE 4.2 SW                              0.02
  DELMONT 4.2 ESE                           0.02
  HOT SPRINGS 3.7 SW                        0.02
  REE HEIGHTS 15.5 S                        0.02
  CHAMBERLAIN 7.5 SSW                       0.02
  PRESHO 11.6 NNE                           0.02
  HURON 9.7 S                               0.02
  WESSINGTON SPRINGS                        0.02
  PICKSTOWN                                 0.02
  CUSTER RAWS                               0.02
  CENTERVILLE                               0.02
  NEWELL 6.5 ENE                            0.01
  LEAD 5.5 SSW                              0.01
  KENNEBEC 2.0 S                            0.01
  HIGHMORE 12.4 N                           0.01
  GANN VALLEY 7.8 WNW                       0.01
  KENNEBEC 6.2 SSE                          0.01
  MURDO                                     0.01
  TYNDALL                                   0.01
  EDGEMONT                                  0.01
  LEAD                                      0.01
  WHITE RIVER                               0.01
  MARTIN                                    0.01
  PHILIP                                    0.01
  HURON AIRPORT                             0.01
  CUSTER                                    0.01
  CHAMBERLAIN                               0.01
  ABERDEEN 1.0 NNE                          TRACE
  BOX ELDER 8.0 NNE                         TRACE
  HIGHMORE 19.1 NNW                         TRACE
  HOLABIRD 8.5 N                            TRACE
  HOT SPRINGS 0.5 SSW                       TRACE
  MITCHELL                                  TRACE
  OLSONVILLE 4.5 SE                         TRACE
  PINE RIDGE                                TRACE
  PRESHO 13.8 NW                            TRACE
  RAPID CITY 2.4 WNW                        TRACE
  RAPID CITY 6.3 SE                         TRACE
  RAPID CITY AIRPORT                        TRACE
  RAPID CITY WFO                            TRACE
  WINNER                                    TRACE

LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING WERE MAINLY IN THE
UPPER 30S TO MID 40S. THERE WERE A FEW PLACES IN THE BLACK
HILLS...SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND EAST CENTRAL THAT COOLED INTO THE
MID TO UPPER 30S. FOUR OF THE COOLEST SPOTS WERE COTTONWOOD...WITH
36 DEGREES...DEERFIELD...WITH 37...HURON...WITH 37...AND PIERRE...
ALSO WITH 37. MILDEST LOCATIONS WERE IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST AND FAR
SOUTHEAST. OGLALA AND EDGEMONT WERE THE TWO MILDEST TOWNS...BOTH
HOLDING AT 46 DEGREES. YANKTON AND WESSINGTON SPRINGS WERE CLOSE
BEHIND...WITH 45.

AT 11 AM CDT / 10 AM MDT...A MOSTLY SUNNY TO SUNNY SKY PREVAILED
OVER SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH THE RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE MOVING INTO
MINNESOTA. ADDITIONAL CLOUDINESS WAS SPREADING INTO THE BLACK HILLS
AND WEST CENTRAL SECTION OF SOUTH DAKOTA...MAKING THE SKY PARTLY
SUNNY. TEMPERATURES WERE MOSTLY IN THE 50S TO LOW 60S. HOWEVER...
CUSTER WAS PARTLY SUNNY AND ONLY 45 DEGREES. OTHERWISE...EXTREMES ON
THE HOUR RANGED FROM 55 DEGREES AT BROOKINGS...TO 63 AT MOBRIDGE.
WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN HALF OF SOUTH DAKOTA WERE OUT OF THE
SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH AT 15 TO 29 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 40 MPH.
MEANWHILE...THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE HAD VARIABLE WINDS BETWEEN
NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 13 MPH.

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