000 AWUS83 KBIS 051310 RWSBIS REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 600 AM CST TUE MAR 5 2002 A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS WILL ZIP ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS WEEK. HERE IS THE WEATHER FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY... FOR NORTH DAKOTA...OCCASIONAL SNOW WEST AND CENTRAL...WITH FREEZING RAIN OR RAIN POSSIBLE SOUTHWEST. LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING EAST THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS FROM UP TO 3 INCHES NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL...TO AN INCH OR LESS SOUTHEAST. HIGHS FROM THE LOWER 20S NORTHEAST TO THE UPPER 30S FAR SOUTHWEST. FOR SOUTH DAKOTA...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW FAR NORTHEAST...OTHERWISE MOSTLY CLOUDY NORTH TO PARTLY CLOUDY AND MILD SOUTH. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 30S NORTHEAST TO THE LOWER 50S SOUTH. FOR MINNESOTA...LIGHT SNOW LIKELY SOUTH WITH LIGHT SNOW LIKELY NORTH THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS AN INCH OR LESS. HIGHS IN THE 20S NORTH AND IN THE 30S SOUTH. FOR EASTERN MONTANA...PERIODS OF SNOW NORTH AND EAST...MOSTLY CLOUDY ELSEWHERE. VERY WINDY SOUTHWEST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HIGHS IN THE 20S NORTH...30S AND 40S ELSEWHERE. FOR SOUTHERN MANITOBA...LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING. HIGHS AROUND 10 ABOVE. AND FOR SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...LIGHT SNOW. HIGHS AROUND 10 ABOVE. $$ RS LEBLANG