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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SOUTH DAKOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
813 PM CDT WED APR 2 2008

SKIES WERE MOSTLY SUNNY ACROSS OUR STATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH 
SOUTHWEST WINDS GENERALLY AT 10 TO 15 MPH. OVER THE EXTREME EAST 
WIND GUSTS AROUND 20 MPH WERE REPORTED. AFTERNOON HIGH TEMPERATURES 
WERE MUCH CLOSER TO SEASONAL NORMAL IN THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S. IN 
FACT SEVERAL LOCATIONS ACTUALLY SURPASSED THE NORMAL HIGH.

HERE ARE SOME OF THIS AFTERNOONS REPORTED HIGH TEMPERATURES COMPARED 
WITH SEASONAL NORMAL HIGHS...

SITE     HIGH THIS    SEASONAL
         AFTERNOON  NORMAL HIGH

ABERDEEN     54          50
BROOKINGS    45          48
CHAMBERLAIN  54          53
HURON        53          52
MITCHELL     50          52
MOBRIDGE     55          50
PIERRE       55          53
RAPID CITY   51          52
SIOUX FALLS  46          52
SISSETON     48          48  
WATERTOWN    48          47
YANKTON      46          54

AT 800 PM...SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS WERE PUSHING INTO THE 
SOUTHWEST...OTHERWISE SKIES WERE MOST CLEAR ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA. 
WINDS HAD BECOME LIGHT OR FAVORED A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION AT 5 TO 10 
MPH. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE UPPER 30S IN THE EAST CENTRAL 
/BROOKINGS AND WATERTOWN 39 DEGREES/ TO THE MID TO UPPER 40S 
ELSEWHERE.

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