NZUS43 KFSD 191546 RWSFSD REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 946 AM CST TUE NOV 19 2002 DRY AND MILD WEATHER WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. THIS MOSTLY SUNNY AND MILD READINGS ARE IN RESPONSE TO HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS...AND WEST TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE AREA. THIS DRY AND MILD WEATHER...WITH A FEW HIGH CLOUDS STREAMING ACROSS THE AREA...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. ON WEDNESDAY AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE QUICKLY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST OUT OF CANADA...WILL PUSH A CANADIAN COLD FRONT INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. SOME LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS DISTURBANCE ACROSS MINNESOTA AND EASTERN IOWA LATE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANOTHER MILD DAY IS IN STORE OF SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND POINTS SOUTH AHEAD OF THE FRONT WHILE MUCH COLDER CANADIAN TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE FRONT OVER NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...WINDS ARE EXPECTED INCREASE AND BECOME GUSTY THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THIS THIS AFTERNOON WILL RANGE FROM THE 50S OVER NEBRASKA AND IOWA TO THE 40S OVER NORTH DAKOTA. LOWS TONIGHT WILL DROP INTO THE 30S ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH SOME 20S OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA. $$ BOUSTEAD