000
AWUS83 KFSD 190151
RWSSD
SDZ001>074-191700-
SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
851 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN CONTINUED ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL
PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SOUTH DAKOTA NOT MISSING
TOO MUCH OF THE ACTIVITY...ESPECIALLY IN THE WESTERN HALF OF THE
STATE. THE SKY WAS PARTLY SUNNY TO CLOUDY ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...WITH NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS...SOME OF THEM SEVERE.
MEANWHILE...THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE WAS PARTLY TO MOSTLY
SUNNY...WITH SOME ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
NORTHEAST...AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER. AS A TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE
WAS SLOWLY PUSHING EASTWARD ACROSS THE CENTRAL THIRD OF SOUTH
DAKOTA...NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WINDS WERE GRADUALLY REPLACING
SOUTHEAST TO SOUTH WINDS. MOST WIND SPEEDS WERE 10 TO 20 MPH...
EXCEPT FOR GUSTS OF 25 TO 50 MPH IN AND NEAR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS.
THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...WITH MOST OF THEM BETWEEN THE BLACK HILLS AND SOUTH DAKOTA
STATE HIGHWAY 47. SOME SELECTED REPORTS INCLUDED:
548 PM MDT 0.75 INCH HAIL 1 E DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY
545 PM MDT 1.50 INCH HAIL DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY
543 PM MDT 1.50 INCH HAIL 4 S DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY
641 PM CDT 1.00 INCH HAIL 8 NW CHANTLER CREEK REC
641 PM CDT 0.50 INCH HAIL 9 N ISABEL
535 PM MDT 1.50 INCH HAIL 6 S DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY
535 PM MDT 1.00 INCH HAIL 7 SW DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY
530 PM MDT 1.00 INCH HAIL 7 SW DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY
527 PM MDT 1.50 INCH HAIL 5 SW DOWNTOWN RAPID CITY
625 PM CDT 1.00 INCH HAIL 8 WNW CHANTLER CREEK REC
622 PM CDT 1.00 INCH HAIL 2 W FIRESTEEL
458 PM MDT 1.00 INCH HAIL RED ELM
450 PM MDT 0.70 INCH HAIL HILL CITY
540 PM CDT 1.00 INCH HAIL 3 SSE GREEN GRASS
430 PM MDT 1.75 INCH HAIL 10 WSW RED ELM
420 PM MDT 1.00 INCH HAIL 10 NNW ELLSWORTH AFB
350 PM MDT 0.88 INCH HAIL 3 NNE BLACK HAWK
350 PM MDT 0.88 INCH HAIL 3 NW BLACK HAWK
340 PM MDT 0.75 INCH HAIL 5 S MUD BUTTE
315 PM MDT 0.70 INCH HAIL PACTOLA RESERVOIR
225 PM MDT 0.70 INCH HAIL 4 NW NEMO
215 PM MDT 0.75 INCH HAIL 14 ENE DOWNTOWN STURGIS
200 PM MDT 1.00 INCH HAIL 3 NE TILFORD
115 PM MDT 0.88 INCH HAIL 1 SE DOWNTOWN SPEARFISH
1245 PM MDT 0.88 INCH HAIL 6 SE DEADWOOD
1245 PM MDT 1.75 INCH HAIL 7 SSE DEADWOOD
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA IN THE PAST 24 HOURS HAVE
MAINLY BEEN BETWEEN A QUARTER AND A HALF INCH...WITH SOME HIGHER
AMOUNTS... AND A FEW LESSER. THE GREATEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS OCCURRED
EARLY THIS MORNING BETWEEN WINNER AND CHAMBERLAIN. SOME REPORTS FROM
AROUND THE STATE INCLUDED:
WINNER 1.00
CHAMBERLAIN 0.99
ABERDEEN 0.55
BUFFALO 0.54
MITCHELL 0.49
PIERRE 0.45
HURON 0.28
WATERTOWN 0.23
PHILIP 0.15
RAPID CITY WFO 0.14
SISSETON 0.10
MOBRIDGE 0.07
PINE RIDGE 0.02
MADISON TRACE
HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON WERE GENERALLY
IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S. THERE WERE THREE PLACES THAT MADE IT TO
84 DEGREES...INCLUDING ABERDEEN...MITCHELL...AND SISSETON. MOBRIDGE
WAS CLOSE BEHIND...WITH 83. IT WAS COOLER IN THE BLACK HILLS...WHERE
CUSTER ONLY WARMED TO 68 DEGREES. THE RAPID CITY WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE WAS SOMEWHAT WARMER...WITH 72...AND SO WAS BUFFALO..WITH 73.
AT 8 PM CDT / 7 PM MDT...THE WESTERN HALF OF SOUTH DAKOTA WAS MOSTLY
CLOUDY TO CLOUDY...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY NEAR AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM POLLOCK TO MARTIN. THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE
WAS PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURES WERE MAINLY IN THE MID 60S
TO UPPER 70S. EXTREMES ON THE HOUR RANGED FROM 81 DEGREES AT
YANKTON...TO 55 AT CUSTER. WINDS ACROSS THE WESTERN THIRD OF SOUTH
DAKOTA WERE OUT OF THE NORTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AT 6 TO 15 MPH...
EXCEPT FOR PINE RIDGE...WITH A SOUTHEAST WIND AT 13 MPH. THE CENTRAL
THIRD OF THE STATE HAD EAST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 8 TO 14 MPH.
MEANWHILE...THE EASTERN THIRD OF SOUTH DAKOTA HAD WINDS BETWEEN EAST
AND SOUTH AT 3 TO 10 MPH.
$$
000
AWUS83 KFSD 182223
RWSFSD
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-IAZ001>003-
012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-191200-
REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
523 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
ACTIVE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS THE
REGION...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING LIKELY. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES. THE HIGHEST HAIL AND TORNADO THREAT IS ACROSS
PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND WESTERN NEBRASKA. HOWEVER THE THREAT OF SOME
HAIL AND STRONG WINDS DOES EXTEND NORTH INTO SOUTH DAKOTA...WESTERN
IOWA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE
INTO THE DAY SUNDAY. THE HIGHEST SEVERE AND TORNADO THREAT WILL BE
ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND EASTERN OKLAHOMA. ALTHOUGH A FEW SEVERE
STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA...SOUTHEAST SOUTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND IOWA AS WELL...WITH LARGE HAIL AND
STRONG WINDS THE MAIN THREAT HERE.
HIGHS ON SUNDAY WILL RANGE FROM THE 60S ACROSS THE WESTERN PLAINS TO
THE 80S IN THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE PLAINS. COOLER TEMPERATURES
ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE IN EARLY TO MID NEXT WEEK...WITH HIGHS MAINLY
IN THE 60S AND 70S. THE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM THREAT WILL ALSO
CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
$$
000
AWUS83 KFSD 181654
RWSSD
SDZ001>074-190300-
SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1154 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
THUNDERSTORMS TRACKED FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST ACROSS THE
RUSHMORE STATE OVERNIGHT...BRINGING A LARGE SWATH OF QUARTER INCH TO
INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM NEAR WINNER TO THE ABERDEEN AREA. THE
HIGHEST RAINFALL TOTAL REPORTED WAS 1.53 INCHES AT AN AUTOMATED SITE
IN PARMELEE. THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE SAW INCREASING CLOUDS.
OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES WERE RELATIVELY WARM WITH SUCH A HUMID
AIRMASS IN PLACE AND CLOUDS OVER THE STATE. THE LOW TEMPERATURES
RANGED FROM 48 IN CUSTER...TO 65 IN SIOUX FALLS.
AT 11 AM CDT/10 AM MDT...MID TO HIGH LEVELS CLOUDS WITH AREAS OF
FILTERED SUNSHINE COVERED THE STATE DUE TO DECAYING SHOWERS ACROSS
THE REGION. WINDS ACROSS SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA WERE GENERALLY IN
THE 5 TO 15 MPH RANGE AND OUT OF THE SOUTH. THE EXCEPTION WAS MORE
TOWARD THE WINNER AREA WHERE WINDS WERE SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH
AND GUSTING TO 35 MPH DUE TO AN APPROACHING TROUGH. ELSEWHERE ACROSS
THE STATE...WINDS WERE LIGHT AND VARIABLE. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM
60 IN CUSTER...TO 75 IN BROOKINGS.
SHOWERS AND STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE
STATE TONIGHT AND LOWS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOW 50S
WEST...TO THE MID 60S EAST...WITH 40S IN THE BLACK HILLS.
$$
000
AWUS83 KFSD 180808
RWSFSD
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-IAZ001>003-
012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-182300-
REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
308 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 2013
ACTIVE WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS
THE REGION...WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS BECOMING LIKELY. A COLD
FRONT IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN TRACKING THROUGH THE DAKOTAS AND NEBRASKA
THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME
STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE
OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
POTENTIAL WILL CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM PUSHES INTO
THE EASTERN PLAINS.
HIGHS TODAY WILL WARM INTO THE 80S FOR MUCH OF THE REGION. LOWS
TONIGHT WILL BE IN 50S AND 60S. HIGHS ON SUNDAY ARE EXPECTED TO
REACH THE 80S IN THE EASTERN HALF AND THE 60S AND 70S BEHIND THE
STORM SYSTEM IN THE WEST.
$$
000
AWUS83 KFSD 180130
RWSSD
SDZ001>074-181700-
SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
830 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
WARM TEMPERATURES WERE COMMON THROUGHOUT THE STATE ON FRIDAY AS
SOUTHERLY WINDS AND PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES PREVAILED. SEVERE WEATHER
OCCURRED IN SOME WEST RIVER LOCATIONS DURING THE AFTERNOON. DAMAGING
WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND HAIL AS LARGE AS TENNIS BALLS ACCOMPANIED
SOME OF THESE SEVERE STORMS WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER.
AFTERNOON HIGHS WERE MAINLY IN THE 70S TO MIDDLE 80S THROUGHOUT THE
RUSHMORE STATE. THE COOL SPOT WAS CUSTER WITH 69 DEGREES...WHILE
BOTH MITCHELL AND YANKTON SHARED THE WARM SPOT WITH 88 DEGREES.
AT MID EVENING...A COMPLEX OF SEVERE STORMS CONTINUED ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. OTHERWISE SKIES WERE MOSTLY SUNNY EAST OF THE
JAMES RIVER VALLEY WITH CLOUDY SKIES ELSEWHERE AROUND THE STATE.
TEMPERATURES WERE MILD AS READINGS IN THE MIDDLE 60S TO UPPER 70S
PREVAILED WEST RIVER...FURTHER EAST 70S TO LOWER 80S WERE COMMON.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG AND WEST OF THE
MISSOURI RIVER TONIGHT. CLOUDY SKIES AND MILD CONDITIONS ARE
ANTICIPATED WITH LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE MIDDLE 50S TO LOWER 60S.
THE UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE
STATE SATURDAY EVENING INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
$$
000
AWUS83 KFSD 172058
RWSFSD
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-IAZ001>003-
012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-181200-
REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
357 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
A WARMFRONT DRAPED FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKTOA THROUGH EASTERN IOWA
THIS AFTERNOON SPARKED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL
DISSIPATE BY SUNSET AND SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT.
THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON SATURDAY
NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA
BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT
WITH ANY STORMS THAT FORM WOULD BE DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL.
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL COOL INTO THE LOW 60S ACROSS THE REGION.
ON SATURDAY TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S.
$$
000
AWUS83 KFSD 172057
RWSFSD
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-IAZ001>003-
012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-171200-
REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
357 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
A WARMFRONT DRAPED FROM EASTERN SOUTH DAKTOA THROUGH EASTERN IOWA
THIS AFTERNOON SPARKED A FEW THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL
DISSIPATE BY SUNSET AND SKIES WILL BE PARTLY CLOUDY OVERNIGHT.
THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON SATURDAY
NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT SWEEPS ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA
BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT
WITH ANY STORMS THAT FORM WOULD BE DAMAGING WIND AND HAIL.
TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL COOL INTO THE LOW 60S ACROSS THE REGION.
ON SATURDAY TEMPERATURES WILL WARM INTO THE MID TO UPPER 80S.
$$
000
AWUS83 KFSD 171613
RWSSD
SDZ001>074-180300-
SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1113 AM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED ACROSS SOUTHERN SOUTH
DAKOTA THURSDAY EVENING WITH A DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
AFTER MIDNIGHT. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED INTO THE TRI
STATE AREA NORTH OF BELLE FOURCHE LATE THURSDAY EVENING BEFORE
DIMINISHING. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS EARLY THURSDAY EVENING IN
SHANNON COUNTY PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND HAIL UP TO DIME
SIZE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF AN INCH SOUTH OF
MARTIN...NORTHWEST OF PARMALEE AND NORTHWEST OF MISSION NEAR THE TODD
...MELLETTE COUNTY LINE. SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS THAT
WERE MEASURED INCLUDE...
CITY RAINFALL CITY RAINFALL
OGLALA 0.50 INCHES WINNER 0.58 INCHES
MARION 0.61 INCHES HARTFORD 0.62 INCHES
TYNDALL 0.70 INCHES HURLEY 0.72 INCHES
MARTIN 0.98 INCHES 4 NW RENNER 1.03 INCHES
8 W HUDSON 1.08 INCHES
THE AIRPORT LOCATION IN NORTH SIOUX FALLS MEASURED 0.45 INCHES BUT
EAST AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY RECEIVED FROM 7 TO 9 TENTHS
OF AN INCH.
DURING THE LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING LOW CLOUDS AND FOG COVERED
MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND NEAR THE BADLANDS. DENSE FOG WITH
VISIBILITIES OF A QUARTER MILE OR LESS OCCURRED AT HURON...PIERRE
...PHILIP AND WINNER. THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE WAS PARTLY TO
MOSTLY CLOUDY AT DAWN.
EARLY MORNING LOW TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE MID AND UPPER 40S ACROSS
THE WEST AND NORTH CENTRAL...AND IN THE 50S EAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL.
PHILIP AND PINE RIDGE WERE THE COOLEST ON THE PRAIRIES AT 45 DEGREES
WHILE IN THE BLACK HILLS CUSTER COOLED TO 43 DEGREES.
OVERNIGHT WINDS WERE LIGHT FAVORING AN EAST OR SOUTHEAST DIRECTION
ACROSS THE EAST AND SOUTH. AN EASTERLY WIND OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH
HIGHER GUSTS THURSDAY EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND NEAR MOBRIDGE
DECREASED TO LESS THAN 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT.
AT 11 AM CDT LOW CLOUDS COVERED MUCH OF THE CENTRAL...MAINLY WEST
AND NORTH OF WINNER ALTHOUGH SKIES WERE SUNNY NEAR AND NORTH OF
GETTYSBURG. DENSE FOG CONTINUED IN WINNER. SKIES WERE PARTLY CLOUDY
OVER THE WEST...MOSTLY SUNNY NORTH CENTRAL AND BETWEEN WINNER AND
SIOUX FALLS...AND MOSTLY CLOUDY NORTHEAST AND FAR SOUTHEAST.
TEMPERATURES VARIED FROM 59 DEGREES AT WINNER TO 74 DEGREES AT SIOUX
FALLS.
ON THIS DATE IN 1934 TEMPERATURES SOARED TO 100 DEGREES OR HIGHER AT
THE FOLLOWING SITES...
100 DEGREES AT BROOKINGS...DUPREE...GETTYSBURG AND MOBRIDGE
101 DEGREES AT COTTONWOOD
102 DEGREES AT MURDO
103 DEGREES AT ABERDEEN...GREGORY...HIGHMORE...PIERRE...POLLOCK AND
WOOD
104 DEGREES AT HURON AND WINNER
105 DEGREES AT ACADEMY...FORESTBURG...MELLETTE AND MITCHELL
106 DEGREES AT GANN VALLEY...KENNEBEC AND REDFIELD
SNOW ENDED ON THIS DATE IN 1942 ACROSS WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. TWO DAY
SNOW TOTALS INCLUDE...
2.2 INCHES AT RAPID CITY
3 INCHES AT NEWELL
4 INCHES AT HOT SPRINGS
6 INCHES AT DUPREE AND FAITH
6.2 INCHES AT LEAD
8 INCHES AT LEMMON
12 INCHES AT BELLE FOURCHE
18 INCHES AT SPEARFISH
ON THIS DATE IN 1949 ABERDEEN RECEIVED 3.81 INCHES OF RAIN.
$$
SHEEHAN
000
AWUS83 KFSD 170858
RWSFSD
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-IAZ001>003-
012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-172300-
REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
358 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 2013
SPOTTY SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL LINGER ACROSS THE AREA
THIS MORNING...BUT THESE SHOULD GRADUALLY DISSIPATE AND SHIFT EAST
OUT OF THE AREA TOWARD MIDDAY. IT WILL BECOME UNSTABLE AGAIN THIS
AFTERNOON AS A WARM FRONT LIFTS SLOWLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 BY
THIS EVENING...WITH THE CHANCE FOR STORMS INCREASING THROUGH THE
HIGH PLAINS AND FOR LOCATIONS NEAR AND NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT. A
FEW SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN PLAINS LATER THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT IT STILL APPEARS A GREATER SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
WILL OCCUR OVER MUCH OF SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA LATE IN THE DAY
SATURDAY...PUSHING EAST AND WEAKENING INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA AND
IOWA ON SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL SHIFT EAST ON
SUNDAY...MAINLY FROM NEAR INTERSTATE 29 AND EASTWARD IN THE LATER
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL VARY FROM UPPER 60S IN CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...TO READINGS IN THE UPPER 80S IN SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA
AND MUCH OF NEBRASKA. AFTER LOWS TONIGHT IN THE UPPER 50S AND LOWER
60S...HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL BE MAINLY IN THE 80S...WITH 70S FOR FAR
WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION.
$$
CHAPMAN
000
AWUS83 KFSD 170142
RWSSD
SDZ001>074-171700-
SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
842 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013
AFTER A PARTLY CLOUDY START TO THURSDAY ACROSS EASTERN PARTS OF SOUTH
DAKOTA...SKIES TURNED CLOUDY AS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MADE THEIR
WAY NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. WEST RIVER LOCATIONS
HAS A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN FOR MUCH OF THE DAY. HOWEVER SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED IN THE FAR WEST BY LATE AFTERNOON.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH EARLY EVENING VARIED FROM ONLY A FEW
HUNDREDTHS NORTH INTERSTATE 90...WITH NEARLY AN INCH AND A HALF
SOUTHWEST OF PLATTE ALONG THE NEBRASKA BORDER. OTHERWISE MOST EAST
RIVER LOCATIONS RECEIVED LESS THAN A THIRD OF AN INCH OF RAIN WHILE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE SPARSE FURTHER TO THE WEST.
AT MID EVENING...SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS WERE CONTINUING TO
DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE JAMES RIVER VALLEY. WHILE OUT WEST...A
COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS DROPPED SOUTHEAST FROM THE BLACK HILLS AREA
INTO FAR NORTHERN NEBRASKA AS SUNSET APPROACHED.
EXPECT THE UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN TO CONTINUE AROUND THE RUSHMORE
STATE DURING THE NIGHT. OTHERWISE THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF CLOUDS AS
LOW TEMPERATURES ONLY DIP IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S STATEWIDE.
$$
000
AWUS83 KFSD 162039
RWSFSD
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-IAZ001>003-
012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-171200-
REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
339 PM CDT THU MAY 16 2013
THE FIRST OF SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO IMPACT
THE REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO TONIGHT AS A DISTURBANCE MOVES FROM THE ROCKIES ACROSS
NEBRASKA. BY FRIDAY MORNING...THIS ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE
MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME UNSTABLE
AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON FRIDAY...WITH CHANCES FOR STORMS
INCREASING WEST AND NORTH ON FRIDAY NIGHT. WHILE THERE MAY BE A
COUPLE SEVERE STORMS IN THE WESTERN PLAINS LATER FRIDAY...IT STILL
APPEARS A GREATER SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH DAKOTA
WILL OCCUR LATER SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...AFTER A COUPLE OF
WARM AND COMPARATIVELY HUMID DAYS.
LOWS TONIGHT WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S. HIGHS ON
FRIDAY WILL MAINLY BE IN THE 80S ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 90...WITH UPPER 60S AND 70S TO THE NORTH.
$$
CHAPMAN
000
AWUS83 KFSD 161649
RWSSD
SDZ001>074-170200-
SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1145 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013
AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION OVERNIGHT AND
THIS MORNING PRODUCED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
WESTERN AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.
DURING THE NIGHT...CLOUDS INCREASED OVER THE STATE WITH SKIES
BECOMING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY BY DAY BREAK. WITH THE INCREASING
CLOUD COVER... SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPED AND SPREAD ACROSS THE
WEST AND CENTRAL. TEMPERATURES OVERNIGHT WERE SEASONAL WITH 40S AND
50S. TEMPERATURE EXTREMES WERE FROM 44 DEGREES IN WATERTOWN TO 60
DEGREES AT THE RAPID CITY WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE.
INTO THIS MORNING...SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE
CENTRAL MAINLY NORTH OF PIERRE....WHILE TO THE SOUTH...AN AREA OF
THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN MOVING INTO THE WINNER AREA FROM NEBRASKA.
OTHERWISE...SKIES REMAINED PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. TEMPERATURES AT
11 AM RANGED FROM 61 DEGREES IN FAITH AND RAPID CITY TO 80 DEGREES
AT CHAMBERLAIN AND MITCHELL. WINDS LATE THIS MORNING WERE MAINLY
SOUTHEAST IN THE 5 TO 15 MILE AN HOUR RANGE.
$$
000
AWUS83 KFSD 160849
RWSFSD
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-IAZ001>003-
012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-162300-
REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
349 AM CDT THU MAY 16 2013
THE FIRST IN SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO IMPACT
THE REGION THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK WILL OCCUR TODAY AS A DISTURBANCE
MOVES FROM THE ROCKIES ACROSS NEBRASKA. BY FRIDAY MORNING...THIS
ROUND OF PRECIPITATION WILL BE MAINLY EAST OF INTERSTATE 29. THE
ATMOSPHERE WILL START UP AGAIN LATER FRIDAY...WITH CHANCES FOR
STORMS WEST AND NORTH ON FRIDAY NIGHT. WHILE THERE MAY BE A COUPLE
SEVERE STORMS IN THE WESTERN PLAINS LATER FRIDAY...IT STILL APPEARS
A GREATER SEVERE WEATHER THREAT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH DAKOTA WILL
OCCUR LATER SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT...AFTER A COUPLE OF WARM
AND COMPARATIVELY HUMID DAYS.
HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL FEATURE 70S AND LOWER 80S ACROSS THE
REGION...WARMEST IN THE EAST AND SOUTH. AFTER LOWS TONIGHT IN THE
50S TO LOWER 60S...MORE WIDESPREAD 80S WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF THE REGION ON FRIDAY...WITH UPPER 60S AND 70S TO
THE NORTH.
$$
CHAPMAN
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