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Grid Point Forecast

Click on the map below for the latest forecast. Last map update: Wed, Oct 20th 2004 at 6:36:13 am CDT Read watches, warnings & advisories Zoom Out Short Term Forecast Hazardous Weather Outlook

Other Grid Point Forecast Options:

• Meteogram/Tabular
• Point Forecast Matrices (PFM)
  • How to decode the PFM 
• Weather Activity Planner - Input the weather conditions needed for your activity...and this planner will let you know when those conditions are forecast at your location within the next 7 days.
• Graphical Forecasts:
  • Local - NWS Sioux Falls CWA
  • Regional - Northern Plains
  • National - United States

Specific Zone/County Forecast

Complete Zone Forecast Products

• Sioux Falls (Southeast SD/Southwest MN/Northwest IA/extreme Northeast NE)
• Rapid City (Western and South Central SD/Northeast WY)
• Aberdeen (Central and Northeast SD)
• Twin Cities/Chanhassen (Central and South Central MN/West Central WI)
• Des Moines (Central IA)
• Omaha (Eastern NE/Southwest IA)
• North Platte (North Central and Western NE)

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State Forecast Products

Forecast Discussions

• Sioux Falls (Southeast SD/Southwest MN/Northwest IA/extreme Northeast NE)
• Rapid City (Western and South Central SD/Northeast WY)
• Aberdeen (Central and Northeast SD)
• Twin Cities/Chanhassen (Central and South Central MN/West Central WI)
• Des Moines (Central IA)
• Omaha (Eastern NE/Southwest IA)
• North Platte (North Central and Western NE)

Need help interpreting the contractions or station location identifiers?

• Frequently used contractions
  • Contractions in PDF
  • Contractions in HTML
• Station Identifiers
  • NWS Station Information Search Page
  • NWS Aviation Station List (text file)

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Short-Term Forecast Products

This product is issued on an as needed basis.  Be sure to look at the date and time of the product.

• Sioux Falls (Southeast SD/Southwest MN/Northwest IA/extreme Northeast NE)
• Rapid City (Western and South Central SD/Northeast WY)
• Aberdeen (Central and Northeast SD)
• Twin Cities/Chanhassen (Central and South Central MN/West Central WI)
• Des Moines (Central IA)
• Omaha (Eastern NE/Southwest IA)
• North Platte (North Central and Western NE)

Surface Forecast Maps
 (Fronts and Precipitation)

Forecast maps are provided by HPC.  Click Here for additional maps.

UV Index Forecast

• Forecasts
  • Text Bulletin
  • UV Index Map
• UV Radiation and UV Index Information
• Additional Information about the UV Index

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