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SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1142 AM CDT SAT MAY 11 2013

IN THE WAKE OF A COLD FRONT THAT CLEARED THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
SOUTH DAKOTA AROUND 1 AM CDT...A MOSTLY SUNNY TO SUNNY...COOLER...
AND BREEZY DAY HAS BEEN EXPERIENCED ACROSS MUCH OF THE STATE SO FAR
TODAY. HIGH PRESSURE WAS QUICKLY BUILDING INTO WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA
AND NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA...DECREASING THE WIND SPEEDS BY MID
MORNING. THERE WERE SOME SMALL AMOUNTS OF LIGHT RAIN IN THE BLACK
HILLS...SOUTHWEST...AND SOUTH CENTRAL PARTS OF SOUTH DAKOTA FRIDAY
EVENING...BUT AMOUNTS TAPERED OFF TO TRACES OR NOTHING AT ALL
SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PICKSTOWN...TO MITCHELL...TO WATERTOWN.
TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN SLOWER TO WARM TODAY THAN ON FRIDAY...WITH
READINGS ONLY IN THE 40S AT MOST LOCATIONS BY MID MORNING.

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AROUND 9 AM CDT ACROSS
SOUTH DAKOTA WERE MAINLY LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH. HOWEVER...AN
OBSERVER SOUTHWEST OF RAPID CITY MEASURED 0.15 INCH. SOME SELECTED
REPORTS FROM AROUND THE STATE INCLUDED:

  RAPID CITY 5.4 SW                         0.15
  LEAD                                      0.08
  RAPID CITY WFO                            0.05
  NEMO RAWS                                 0.04
  MILBANK 7.9 ESE                           0.02
  IROQUOIS 5.2 SSW                          0.02
  WATERTOWN 1.1 NNW                         0.02
  MURDO                                     0.02
  PARMALEE RAWS                             0.02
  CHAMBERLAIN                               0.02
  HAMILL 1.7 SW                             0.01
  GANN VALLEY 7.8 WNW                       0.01
  HOT SPRINGS 0.5 SSW                       0.01
  OLSONVILLE 4.5 SE                         0.01
  WHITE RIVER                               0.01
  UNION CENTER                              0.01
  CAPUTA                                    0.01
  WINNER                                    0.01
  RAPID CITY AIRPORT                        0.01
  PHILIP                                    0.01
  HURON AIRPORT                             0.01
  ABERDEEN WFO                              TRACE
  BATH 1.0 N                                TRACE
  CUSTER                                    TRACE
  KENNEBEC 6.2 SSE                          TRACE
  MITCHELL                                  TRACE
  MOBRIDGE                                  TRACE
  NEWELL 2.8 ENE                            TRACE
  PIERRE                                    TRACE
  PINE RIDGE                                TRACE
  PRESHO 11.6 NNE                           TRACE
  ROY LAKE                                  TRACE
  SISSETON 3.8 W                            TRACE
  TURTON 11.4 W                             TRACE
  WATERTOWN                                 TRACE
  WATERTOWN 2.2 W                           TRACE
  WHITE LAKE                                TRACE
  WHITEWOOD 4.2 NNW                         TRACE

LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING WERE MOSTLY IN THE
30S AND LOWER 40S. THE BLACK HILLS AND NORTHEAST WERE A LITTLE
COOLER...WITH MID 20S TO LOWER 30S. ONE OF THE COOLEST SPOTS WAS
DEERFIELD...DROPPING TO 25 DEGREES. NEMO AND LEAD WERE ALMOST AS
CHILLY...WITH 26 AND 27...RESPECTIVELY. TURTON AND WESTPORT...BOTH
IN THE NORTHEAST...WERE ALSO ON THE COOL SIDE...WITH MINIMUMS OF 28
DEGREES...AND 30 DEGREES. SOME OF THE FAR SOUTHERN PARTS OF SOUTH
DAKOTA HELD IN THE LOW TO MID 40S. ONE OF THE MILDEST TOWNS WAS
WHITE LAKE...NEVER DIPPING BELOW 44 DEGREES THROUGH 7 AM CDT.
EDGEMONT...CHAMBERLAIN...AND YANKTON WERE ALL CLOSE BEHIND...WITH 41.

AT 11 AM CDT / 10 AM MDT...A MOSTLY SUNNY TO SUNNY SKY CONTINUED
OVER SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH THE MAJORITY OF THE CLOUDS EITHER NORTHEAST
OF A LINE FROM EUREKA TO YANKTON...OR IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST CORNER.
TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MID 40S TO LOW 50S. EXTREMES ON THE HOUR
RANGED FROM 45 DEGREES AT BOTH WATERTOWN AND BROOKINGS...TO 53 AT
PINE RIDGE. NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF
SOUTH DAKOTA WERE BREEZY AT 18 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 22 TO
39 MPH. MEANWHILE...THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE HAD NORTHWEST TO
NORTHEAST WINDS AT 3 TO 10 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 16 TO 20 MPH AT FAITH
AND PHILIP.

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