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SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1149 AM CDT WED OCT 16 2013
AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT AFFECTED THE REGION THE PAST COUPLE
DAYS MOVED OFF INTO THE GREAT LAKES...CLOUDS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN PARTS OF SOUTH DAKOTA GRADUALLY DECREASED FROM THE NORTHWEST.
HOWEVER...THERE WAS AN AREA OF FOG EARLY THIS MORNING IN THE FAR
EAST...NEAR AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 29 FROM WATERTOWN TO BERESFORD.
VISIBILITIES WERE INTERMITTENTLY REDUCED TO A QUARTER OR A HALF MILE
BETWEEN 615 AM AND 10 AM CDT. ALTHOUGH A MOSTLY SUNNY TO SUNNY SKY
PREVAILED OVER SOUTH DAKOTA AFTER SUNRISE...TEMPERATURES ONLY WARMED
INTO THE MID 30S TO LOW 40S BY MID MORNING.
LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING WERE MAINLY IN THE
MID 20S TO MID 30S. THE BLACK HILLS AREA WAS COLDER...WITH MINIMUMS
VARYING FROM 11 DEGREES AT LEAD AND 13 AT NEMO...TO 23 DEGREES AT
CUSTER AND 29 AT EDGEMONT. ON THE PLAINS...WAKPALA WAS ONE OF THE
COOLER SPOTS...DIPPING TO 24 DEGREES. SAND LAKE WAS NEARLY AS
COOL...WITH 25. ONE OF THE MILDEST TOWNS THIS MORNING WAS YANKTON...
TAKING A FINAL FALL TO 36 DEGREES AFTER 7 AM CDT. PICKSTOWN AND FORT
PIERRE WERE CLOSE BEHIND...BOTH WITH 35.
AT 11 AM CDT / 10 AM MDT...A MOSTLY SUNNY TO SUNNY SKY CONTINUED
OVER SOUTH DAKOTA. TEMPERATURES WERE MOSTLY IN THE 40S. IN THE BLACK
HILLS...CUSTER WAS SUNNY AND 41 DEGREES. EXTREMES ON THE HOUR RANGED
FROM 39 DEGREES AT ABERDEEN...TO 50 AT SISSETON. WINDS ACROSS THE
WESTERN HALF OF SOUTH DAKOTA VARIED FROM SOUTH TO WEST...AT 3 TO
13 MPH. MEANWHILE...MOST OF THE EAST HAD WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AT
3 TO 12 MPH. ABERDEEN WAS AN EXCEPTION...WITH A SOUTH WIND AT 7 MPH.
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