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AWUS83 KFSD 171649
RWSSD
SDZ001>074-180200-
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SOUTH DAKOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1149 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008
A CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKY PREVAILED OVER SOUTH DAKOTA OVERNIGHT.
AS A WEAK COOL FRONT WAS SLIDING DOWN FROM THE NORTH THIS MORNING...
LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BETWEEN WEST AND NORTH DURING THE NIGHT...
BECAME MORE NORTHWEST AROUND SUNRISE...AND INCREASED TO 15 TO 30 MPH
BY 9 AM. THE SKY REMAINED MOSTLY SUNNY THIS MORNING...ALLOWING
TEMPERATURES TO RISE AT A MODERATE RATE...DESPITE THE WIND.
LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING WERE MOSTLY IN THE
40S AND LOW 50S. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE BLACK HILLS DIPPED INTO THE
MID AND UPPER 30S. DEERFIELD AND LEAD WERE TWO OF THE COOLER SPOTS...
BOTH REPORTING 36 DEGREES. ON THE PLAINS...ABERDEEN...CARTHAGE...
AND PORCUPINE WERE THREE OF THE COOLER PLACES...ALL FALLING TO 41.
ONE OF THE MILDEST LOCATIONS THIS MORNING WAS THE RAPID CITY WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE...NEVER COOLING BELOW 59 DEGREES THROUGH SUNRISE.
WESSINGTON SPRINGS WAS CLOSE BEHIND...WITH 55.
AT 11 AM CDT...A MOSTLY SUNNY TO SUNNY SKY CONTINUED OVER SOUTH
DAKOTA. TEMPERATURES HAD WARMED INTO THE UPPER 60S TO MID 70S ACROSS
ALL BUT THE BLACK HILLS AREA. EXTREMES ON THE PLAINS RANGED FROM 68
DEGREES AT BUFFALO...FAITH...SISSETON...AND BROOKINGS...TO 75 AT
SIOUX FALLS. IN THE BLACK HILLS...CUSTER WAS ONLY 64 DEGREES. WINDS
ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE WERE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 13
TO 24 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 37 MPH. MEANWHILE...MOST OF THE
WESTERN HALF OF SOUTH DAKOTA HA NORTHWEST TO NORTH WINDS AT 14 TO
28 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. PINE RIDGE WAS AN EXCEPTION...
WITH A NORTHWEST WIND AT ONLY 12 MPH.
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AWUS83 KFSD 171559
RWSFSD
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-IAZ001>003-
012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-172200-
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1059 AM CDT SAT MAY 17 2008
A WEAK FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO SLIDE SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE
NORTHERN PLAINS REGION THIS AFTERNOON...FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER WEAK
BOUNDARY TONIGHT. WHILE MOST OF THE REGION WILL REMAIN DRY...THERE
WILL BE A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF MINNESOTA...FAR
NORTHEAST IOWA...AND SOME OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS...AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH...
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS...NEBRASKA...AND WESTERN MINNESOTA
THIS AFTERNOON. THESE WINDS SHOULD SPREAD INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
WESTERN IOWA BY MID AFTERNOON.
IT WILL BE A WARM DAY ACROSS THE REGION TODAY...WITH HIGH
TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE 70S. EXTREMES WILL RANGE FROM THE 60S
ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA...TO THE MID 80S IN PARTS OF
CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. LOWS TONIGHT SHOULD
VARY FROM THE 30S ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA...TO AROUND 50 IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND FAR SOUTHERN IOWA.
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