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SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1150 AM CDT FRI MAY 24 2013

AS THE SHORT-LIVED RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE THAT BROUGHT SUNSHINE TO
THE EASTERN DAKOTAS THURSDAY MOVED OFF INTO MINNESOTA...A NEW LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPING OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS AND
BLACK HILLS. THIS BROUGHT INCREASING CLOUDS TO THE EAST...AND
CONTINUED CLOUDS TO THE WEST. THROUGH 11 AM CDT...THERE WERE NO
REPORTS OF RAINFALL FROM THE CLOUDS ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA...BUT
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR THE JAMES RIVER
VALLEY. TEMPERATURES WERE WARMING INTO THE 50S AND 60S...WITH
SOUTHERLY BREEZES.

LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING WERE MOSTLY IN THE
40S TO MID 50S. SOME OF THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS
DROPPED INTO THE UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S. ONE OF THE COOLEST TOWNS
WAS SISSETON...WITH A MINIMUM OF 39 DEGREES. CLEAR LAKE WAS ALMOST
AS CHILLY...WITH 40. THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE STATE WAS THE
MILDEST...WITH PLENTY OF LOW AND MID 50S. TWO OF THE MILDEST SPOTS
OVERNIGHT WERE PINE RIDGE AND THE RAPID CITY WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE...BOTH HOLDING AT 56 DEGREES. EDGEMONT AND THE RAPID CITY
AIRPORT WERE CLOSE BEHIND...BOTH WITH 55. IN THE BLACK HILLS AREA...
LOWS RANGED FROM 47 DEGREES AT DEERFIELD...TO 53 AT BOTH LEAD AND
NEMO.

AT 11 AM CDT / 10 AM MDT...A PARTLY SUNNY TO CLOUDY SKY WAS OVER THE
MAJORITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
DEVELOPING BETWEEN LONG LAKE AND FORESTBURG. SOME OF THE SOUTHWEST
PART OF THE STATE WAS MOSTLY SUNNY...LIKE CUSTER...RAPID CITY...AND
ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE. TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE UPPER 50S
TO MID 60S. EXTREMES ON THE HOUR RANGED FROM 57 DEGREES AT
WATERTOWN...TO 67 AT BUFFALO. BREEZES ACROSS THE WESTERN THIRD OF
SOUTH DAKOTA WERE OUT OF THE SOUTH OR SOUTHWEST AT 10 TO 26 MPH...
WITH GUSTS OF 21 TO 41 MPH. THE CENTRAL THIRD OF THE STATE HAD BRISK
SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH BREEZES AT 25 TO 31 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 32 TO 43
MPH. MEANWHILE... THE EASTERN THIRD OF SOUTH DAKOTA HAD SOUTHEAST TO
SOUTH BREEZES AT 10 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 33 MPH.

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