000 AWUS83 KFSD 122149 RWSFSD SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-IAZ001>003- 012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-130400- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 449 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005 UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO PULL AWAY ...AND STRETCH OUT LIKE ATMOSPHERIC TAFFY THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT. AS A RESULT...A WEAK TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE REFLECTED AT THE SURFACE AND LINGERING BAND OF LIGHT RAINFALL OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS...EASTERN NEBRASKA... WESTERN MINNESOTA...AND IOWA WILL GRADUALLY BEGIN TO FADE AWAY OVERNIGHT. CLOUDS WILL BE ALL THAT IS LEFT BY DAYBREAK...ALONG WITH SOME PATCHY LATE NIGHT AND EARLY MORNING FOG OVER MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. SUNSHINE WILL PREVAIL ACROSS THE WESTERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...AS THE LINGERING BAND OF CLOUDINESS IN THE MIDDLE OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AND NEBRASKA SLOWLY DISSIPATES. LOW TEMPERATURES TONIGHT WILL VARY FROM THE MID TO UPPER 20S IN MOSTLY CLEAR AREAS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS...TO LOWER 40S UNDER THICKER CLOUDS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. HIGHS ON WEDNESDAY ARE EXPECTED MAINLY IN THE 60S...WITH SOME LOWER 70S IN THE FAR WESTERN PLAINS. $$ CHAPMAN