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000 AWUS83 KFSD 240129 RWSSD SDZ001>074-241800- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR SOUTH DAKOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 730 PM CST MON NOV 23 2009 CLOUDS SPREAD NORTH ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS AN AREA LOW PRESSURE TRACKED ACROSS CENTRAL KANSAS. SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPED IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST LATE IN THE AFTERNOON AND WERE CONTINUING INTO THIS EVENING. DURING THE AFTERNOON...SKIES WERE MOSTLY CLOUDY AT THE ONSET...BUT GRADUALLY DECREASED OVER THE WEST AND CENTRAL. BY LATE AFTERNOON ...SKIES WERE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF THE MISSOURI RIVER. IN THE EAST...SKIES WERE REMAINED MOSTLY CLOUDY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS DEVELOPING IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST. TEMPERATURES WERE SEASONABLY MILD WITH READINGS FROM THE 30S IN THE HIGHER BLACK HILLS TO THE 40S ACROSS THE PLAINS. TEMPERATURE EXTREMES WERE FROM 36 DEGREES IN CUSTER TO 48 DEGREES AT SIOUX FALLS. INTO THIS EVENING...SCATTERED SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST MAKING VERY LITTLE NORTHWARD PROGRESS. AT 7 PM THE SHOWERS WERE JUST SOUTH AND EAST OF BERESFORD. MEANWHILE...OVER THE REST OF THE STATE...SKIES WERE CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY ACROSS THE WEST AND CENTRAL...AND MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EAST. TEMPERATURES AT 7 PM RANGED FROM 24 DEGREES AT MOBRIDGE TO 43 DEGREES IN YANKTON. WINDS WERE NORTHWEST AT 5 TO 15 MILES AN HOUR. $$