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SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
845 PM CDT MON MAY 13 2013

MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES AND SOUTHERLY WINDS WERE SEEN ACROSS THE WESTERN
HALF OF SOUTH DAKOTA TODAY. FURTHER TO THE EAST...HIGH CLOUDS WERE
COMMON THROUGH MUCH OF THE MORNING HOURS. GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AT 20
TO 30 MPH WERE COMMON ACROSS THE RUSHMORE STATE AS A WARM FRONT MADE
ITS WAY THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

A FEW RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES WERE SET AROUND THE STATE AS VERY
WARM TEMPERATURES PREVAILED AROUND THE AREA. THE EAST RIVER TOWN OF
MITCHELL REACHED 93 DEGREES FOR A NEW HIGH TEMPERATURE RECORD FOR
TODAY. OTHERWISE AFTERNOON HIGHS VARIED FROM 83 AT CUSTER IN THE
BLACK HILLS...TO A SCORTCHING 96 DEGREES IN THE TOWN OF WINNER.

AT EARLY EVENING...MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES WERE SEEN AS THE WARM FRONT
MOVED EAST OF THE STATE. IT REMAINED VERY MILD WITH READINGS IN THE
LOWER TO MIDDLE 80S THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD INTO THE REGION BRINGING MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES
DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. IT WILL BE QUITE MILD AROUND THE STATE WITH
LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY FALLING INTO THE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S.

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