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AREA WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
522 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2003

A COLD FRONT CONTINUED TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA THIS 
MORNING. BY MID MORNING THE FRONT WAS ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA 
AND IS EXPECTED TO BECOME NEARLY STATIONARY OVER EASTER NORTH DAKOTA 
BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WERE DEVELOPING AHEAD OF 
THE FRONT ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWEST TO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A 
WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS REGION FOR THE AFTERNOON INTO 
THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE FROM THE SOUTH FROM 25 TO 30 MPH 
WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. WINDS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL ALSO 
REMAIN SOUTHERLY IN THE 25 TO 30 MPH RANGE UNTIL THIS EVENING. 

A STRONGER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL DEVELOP OVER THE NEBRASKA 
PANHANDLE AND TRACK THROUGH THE RED RIVER VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY.  THIS 
SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE A BETTER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 
REGION.  LINGERING RAIN SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHWEST 
MINNESOTA INTO THURSDAY MORNING.  QUIET WEATHER CONDITIONS RETURN TO 
THE NORTHERN PLAINS THURSDAY AFTERNOON...HOWEVER TEMPERATURES WILL 
FALL BELOW SEASONAL AVERAGES TH