559 
AWUS83 KFSD 260158
RWSSD 
SDZ001>074-261700-

SOUTH DAKOTA WEATHER SUMMARY              
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
858 PM CDT THU APR 25 2013

A WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE SLIDING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE NORTHERN 
PLAINS REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BROUGHT SOME MID AND HIGH 
LEVEL CLOUDS...BUT A PARTLY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKY PREVAILED OVER SOUTH 
DAKOTA. ALTHOUGH SOUTHERLY WINDS BECAME A LITTLE BREEZY THIS 
AFTERNOON IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE...DRY AND WARM AIR AT 
LEAST MADE IT FEEL MORE LIKE WHAT NORMALLY OCCURS IN LATE APRIL. 
NORTHERLY WINDS WERE SPREADING INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE 
THIS EVENING...INDICATING THAT THE DISTURBANCE HAD PAST TO THE EAST 
OF THAT AREA. MOST OF THE CLOUDS AT MID EVENING WERE OVER THE 
NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTH DAKOTA...STILL WITHOUT PRODUCING ANY 
PRECIPITATION. 

HIGH TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON WERE MAINLY IN 
THE 60S TO LOW 70S. SNOW COVER IN THE BLACK HILLS AND NORTHEAST 
RESTRICTED HIGHS TO THE MID 40S TO MID 50S. ONE OF THE COOLEST TOWNS 
TODAY WAS SISSETON...ONLY MAKING IT TO 46 DEGREES...WITH 3 INCHES OF 
SNOW ON THE GROUND THIS MORNING. WATERTOWN WAS A LITTLE WARMER... 
SQUEEZING OUT 49 DEGREES...AND ALSO STARTING THE DAY WITH 3 INCHES 
OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. IN THE BLACK HILLS AREA...WITH SNOW DEPTHS 
BETWEEN 1 AND 7 INCHES THIS MORNING...LEAD ONLY WARMED TO 56 DEGREES 
THIS AFTERNOON...AND CUSTER HIT 57. ONE OF THE MILDEST PLACES IN 
SOUTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON WAS WINNER...CLIMBING TO 76 DEGREES. 
CHAMBERLAIN WAS CLOSE BEHIND...WITH 75.

AT 8 PM CDT / 7 PM MDT...THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SOUTH DAKOTA WAS 
MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY...UNDER PLENTY OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL 
CLOUDS...WHILE THE REST OF THE STATE WAS CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY. 
TEMPERATURES VARIED FROM THE 40S AND LOW 50S IN THE NORTHEAST AND 
EAST CENTRAL SECTIONS...TO THE UPPER 50S AND 60S ELSEWHERE. EXTREMES 
ON THE HOUR RANGED FROM43 DEGREES AT BOTH SISSETON AND WATERTOWN... 
TO 67 AT PHILIP...PIERRE...AND CHAMBERLAIN. WINDS ACROSS THE EASTERN 
THIRD OF SOUTH DAKOTA VARIED FROM EAST TO SOUTH AT 7 TO 15 MPH. 
MEANWHILE...THE CENTRAL AND WESTERN THIRDS OF THE STATE HAD WINDS 
BETWEEN WEST AND NORTH AT 3 TO 13 MPH. 

$$