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REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
505 AM CDT TUE MAY 14 2013

UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL ONCE AGAIN BE SEEN OVER MUCH OF
THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO MID 90S FOR
MOST AREAS. SLIGHTLY COOLER READINGS ARE EXPECTED IN NORTHWEST SOUTH
DAKOTA...WHERE HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S BEHIND A
COLD FRONT PUSHING INTO THE REGION. ALONG WITH THE HEAT WILL COME
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS...RESULTING IN GREATLY ELEVATED
FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH
OF SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WESTERN IOWA AND
FAR EASTERN NEBRASKA.

THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. WHILE
THE FRONTAL PASSAGE WILL LARGELY BE DRY...IT WILL BRING TEMPERATURES
CLOSER TO MID MAY NORMALS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK...WITH HIGHS
IN THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY. LATE THIS
WEEK...THERE WILL BE OFF AND ON CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS...WITH THE
BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT.

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