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SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1150 AM CDT WED MAY 22 2013

SKIES WERE CLOUDY ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE OVERNIGHT AS LIGHT RAIN
CONTINUED TO ROTATE COUNTER CLOCKWISE AROUND A SLOW MOVING LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM. NORTHERLY WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH WERE COMMON ACROSS
MUCH OF THE STATE DURING THE NIGHT.

LOW TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE 40S THROUGHOUT THE STATE. THE COLD
SPOT WAS IN CUSTER WITH A CHILLY 38 DEGREES. WHILE THE WARMEST
READING WAS YANKTON WITH AN OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES OF 50 DEGREES.

RAINFALL TOTALS OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WERE GENERALLY LIGHT ACROSS
WEST RIVER LOCATIONS WITH MAINLY A THIRD OF AN INCH OR LESS. SOME
HIGHER AMOUNTS FELL OVER NORTHEAST PARTS OF THE STATE. THE SISSETON
AREA HAD ANYWHERE FROM A HALF INCH TO NEARLY AN INCH...WHILE ABOUT
EIGHT TENTHS OF AN INCH FELL AROUND WATERTOWN. ELSEWHERE IN EAST
RIVER AREAS...RAINFALL TOTALS VARIED FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS TO AROUND
A HALF INCH NEAR THE HURON AND MITCHELL AREAS.

AT LATE MORNING...CLOUDS CONTINUED TO PLAGUE MUCH OF THE RUSHMORE
STATE. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND DRIZZLE WERE SEEN ALONG AND EAST OF
THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. TEMPERATURES WERE SLOW TO WARM AS READINGS
WERE MAINLY IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S STATEWIDE.

LOOK FOR THE CLOUDS TO LINGER AROUND MOST OF THE STATE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON HOURS AS LOW PRESSURE SLOWLY SPINS EASTWARD. MUCH OF THE
WET WEATHER WILL BE CONFINED TO THE INTERSTATE 29 CORRIDOR THROUGH
THE AFTERNOON. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL STRUGGLE TO CLIMB INTO THE
MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S THROUGHOUT THE STATE...WITH THE WARMER
READINGS ACROSS THE FAR WEST.
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