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AWUS83 KFSD 220140
RWSFSD
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-IAZ001>003-
012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-221100-
REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
850 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012
WINDY AND WARMER CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS
TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. A SOUTHERLY BREEZE TONIGHT WILL HOLD OVERNIGHT
TEMPERATURES IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S. MOST AREAS SHOULD REMAIN DRY
TONIGHT...WITH JUST AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM OR TWO POSSIBLE. THE
SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE MORE DRAMATICALLY ON TUESDAY...WITH
SPEEDS FROM 30 TO 45 MPH LIKELY ACROSS NEBRASKA...THE EASTERN
DAKOTAS...AND THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA AND IOWA. THESE
WINDS WILL ONCE AGAIN HELP SPREAD ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS
THE REGION...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S TO MID 90S EXPECTED IN MANY
AREAS. SOMEWHAT COOLER READINGS IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S WILL BE
FOUND IN NORTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE REGION.
A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING INCREASING CHANCES OF
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO MAINLY NORTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA
TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...AND OVER MOST OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
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AWUS83 KFSD 220138
RWSSD
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-IAZ001>003-
012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-221800-
SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
840 PM CDT MON MAY 21 2012
HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUED TO PUSH OFF TO THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...AS A DISTURBANCE BEGAN MAKING ITS WAY INTO WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA. AS A RESULT...A MIX OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS SPREAD
ACROSS THE STATE WITH GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS.
DURING THE AFTERNOON...SKIES WERE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY. GUSTY
SOUTHERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE DISTURBANCE PREVAILED OVER THE CENTRAL
AND EAST WITH WIND SPEEDS IN THE 15 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR RANGE. IN
THE WEST...WIND WERE NOT QUITE AS STRONG. AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES
WERE PLEASANT WITH READINGS FROM THE 70S IN THE EAST TO THE 80S
ACROSS THE WEST AND CENTRAL. TEMPERATURE EXTREMES WERE FROM 72
DEGREES IN BROOKINGS AND SIOUX FALLS TO 88 DEGREES AT PHILIP.
INTO THIS EVENING...THE MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS REMAINED ACROSS
THE STATE MAKING FOR A CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY SKY. TEMPERATURES AT 8
PM RANGED FROM 68 DEGREES IN BROOKINGS AND SIOUX FALLS TO 84 DEGREES
AT ELLSWORTH AFB. WINDS AT MID EVENING WERE DIMINISHING SOME WITH A
NORTHERLY WIND FROM 5 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR IN THE WEST...BEHIND THE
DISTURBANCE...WHILE OVER THE CENTRAL AND EAST...WINDS WERE SOUTHERLY
AT 15 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR.
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