842 AWUS83 KFSD 011655 RWSSD SDZ001>074-020300- SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 1155 AM CDT SAT JUN 1 2013 LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS CONTINUES TO PUNISH MUCH OF SOUTH DAKOTA WITH WIND AND COLD TEMPERATURES. SCATTERED SHOWERS PREVAILED EAST RIVER AS BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WERE COMMON AROUND THE STATE DURING THE NIGHT. IN THE FAR WEST...PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES WERE SEEN TOWARD MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BEGAN BUILDING INTO THE REGION. LOW TEMPERATURES WERE IN THE 40S TO MIDDLE 50S THROUGHOUT MUCH OF SOUTH DAKOTA. THE COLD SPOT WAS IN THE BLACK HILLS TOWN OF CUSTER WITH 40 DEGREES. SIOUX FALLS WAS THE WARM SPOT WITH 56 DEGREES. ELSEWHERE READINGS WERE MAINLY IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOWER 50S. AT LATE MORNING...SCATTERED SHOWERS WERE DIMINISHING EAST RIVER AS LOW PRESSURE WAS MAKING ITS WAY EASTWARD. IT ITS WAKE...GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS AT 25 TO 35 MPH WERE COMMON OVER A GOOD PORTION OF THE STATE. COMBINE THE WINDS WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 40S TO MIDDLE 50S...IT IS MAKING FOR A RAW AND BLUSTERY DAY. EVEN ACROSS THE WEST WHERE SKIES ARE MOSTLY SUNNY...THE WINDS AND BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES MAKE IT FEEL MORE LIKE EARLY APRIL THAN EARLY JUNE. LOOKING AHEAD...SKIES WILL BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR FROM WEST TO EAST DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. OTHERWISE EXPECT LINGERING CLOUDS THROUGH THIS EVENING IN MANY EAST RIVER LOCATIONS. LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 40S WILL BE A GOOD 10 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE. $$