An Excessive Heat Warning remains in effect for a large portion of the Upper Midwest including most of South Dakota. Billy Williams at the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls says a hot high pressure system is sitting right on top of us…[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/07/Billy-Williams-718a.mp3|titles=Billy Williams 718a]
Williams says while dew points may decline a bit, it just means hotter day time temperatures…
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Williams says a break in the heat isn’t expected until the weekend…
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He says the only areas that may see some scattered showers is in central and northern Minnesota, and the far western Dakotas.
(courtesy WNAX Yankton)