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ABUS30 KFSD 011748
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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SOUTH DAKOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1148 AM CST MON NOV 1 2004

A MOSTLY CLOUDY TO CLOUDY SKY CONTINUED OVER SOUTH DAKOTA SUNDAY 
NIGHT AND INTO THIS MONDAY MORNING. LIGHT RAIN IN THE WESTERN AND 
CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE GRADUALLY PUSHED INTO THE EASTERN 
SECTIONS. AT THE SAME TIME...ANOTHER BATCH OF LIGHT RAIN WAS MOVING 
NORTHWEST FROM IOWA...TOWARD SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. ALL THIS 
ACTIVITY WAS IN RESPONSE TO A STATIONARY FRONT OVER THE EASTERN 
DAKOTAS AND EASTERN NEBRASKA...INTERACTING WITH AN UPPER LEVEL LOW 
THAT EJECTED OUT OF THE ROCKIES SUNDAY EVENING.

ALTHOUGH MUCH OF SOUTH DAKOTA EXPERIENCED SOME PRECIPITATION IN THE 
PAST 18 HOURS...NONE OF IT WAS VERY HEAVY. SOME OF THE HIGHER 
ELEVATIONS OF THE BLACK HILLS RECEIVED SOME LIGHT SNOW. HILL CITY 
MEASURED 3 INCHES...AND BEAR RIDGE REPORTED 2 INCHES. MOST RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS WERE LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH. THE SNOW AT BEAR RIDGE HAD 
0.52 INCH OF LIQUID IN IT. HOWEVER...IT WAS A DRIER SNOW AT HILL 
CITY...ONLY 0.28 INCH. BLUNT WAS ONE OF THE WETTER LOCATIONS... 
MEASURING 0.47 INCH OF RAIN. A FEW OTHER TOWNS WITH A QUARTER INCH 
OR MORE RAIN INCLUDED FRUITDALE...WITH 0.35 INCH...OGLALA...WITH 
0.33 INCH...FAULKTON...WITH 0.26 INCH...AND PORCUPINE...WITH 0.25 
INCH.

WINDS ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA HELPED TO IDENTIFY THE POSITION OF THE 
FRONT. TO THE WEST OF THE FRONT...THE WESTERN...AND MOST OF THE 
CENTRAL SECTIONS...HAD NORTHWEST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH. TO THE EAST 
OF THE FRONT...WINDS VARIED FORM NORTH TO EAST AT 5 TO 15 MPH.

LOW TEMPERATURES ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING WERE MAINLY IN THE 
LOW 30S TO LOW 40S. MUCH OF THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE STATE... 
INCLUDING THE BLACK HILLS...COOLED INTO THE MID 20S TO LOW 30S. ONE 
OF THE COOLEST TOWNS WAS DEERFIELD...WITH 20 DEGREES. CUSTER WAS 
MILDER...WITH 26...BUT EDGEMONT NEVER DROPPED BELOW 29. ONE OF THE 
MILDEST ON THE PLAINS WAS YANKTON...WITH A MINIMUM THROUGH 6 AM CST 
OF ONLY 45 DEGREES. ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE PLAINS...LOWS RANGED FROM 
30 AT CLARK...TO 43 AT BIG BEND DAM.

AT 11 AM CST...A MOSTLY CLOUDY OR CLOUDY SKY CONTINUED OVER SOUTH 
DAKOTA...WITH NUMEROUS LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE EASTERN TWO 
THIRDS OF THE STATE. THE WESTERN THIRD WAS DRY...WITH SOME PEAKS OF 
SUNSHINE COMING THROUGH THE DISSIPATING CLOUDS. TEMPERATURES HAD NOT 
WARMED MUCH...ONLY INTO THE MID 30S TO MID 40S AT MOST LOCATIONS. IN 
THE BLACK HILLS...CUSTER WAS A CHILLY 29 DEGREES. OTHERWISE... 
EXTREMES ACROSS THE STATE ON THE HOUR RANGED FROM 36 AT PINE 
RIDGE...TO 46 AT BROOKINGS. THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE HAD NORTH 
OR NORTHWEST WINDS AT 13 TO 26 MPH...WITH SOME GUSTS OF 30 TO 40 MPH 
IN THE RAPID CITY AND WINNER AREAS. THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE 
HAD NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 6 TO 17 MPH. 

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