000 AWUS83 KBIS 031649 RWSBIS REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 1150 AM CDT SAT AUG 3 2002 LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE FROM THE EASTERN DAKOTAS TO MINNESOTA TODAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS FEATURE. THE WEATHER FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON... NORTH DAKOTA....SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS EASTERN THIRD...PARTLY SUNNY OVER THE REST OF THE STATE. HIGHS 75 TO 85. SOUTH DAKOTA...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CENTRAL AND EAST. PARTLY SUNNY WEST. HIGHS IN THE 80S NORTH AND THE 90S SOUTH. MINNESOTA...THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE ALONG WITH A FEW SEVERE STORMS. HIGHS FROM THE 70S NORTH TO THE LOWER 90S SOUTHWEST. EASTERN MONTANA...PARTLY SUNNY AND WINDY. HIGHS 75 TO 85. SOUTHERN MANITOBA...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGHS NEAR 80. AND SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN...PARTLY SUNNY. HIGHS AROUND 70. $$ JP MARTIN