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AWUS43 KFGF 261655 RRA
AWSFAR

AREA WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1054 AM CST FRI DEC 26 2003

DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE IN THE ROCKIES WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY... 
THEN HEAD INTO THE PLAINS SATURDAY. EARLY FRIDAY MORNING THE LOW WAS 
IN SOUTHWEST WYOMING...AND IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL 
DAKOTAS BY SUNDAY MORNING. SIGNIFICANT SNOWS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS 
STORM ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE REGION...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE DEVILS 
LAKE BASIN AND WEST.

ONCE THE STORM GETS INTO THE DAKOTAS IT IS FORECAST TO MOVE SLOWLY 
NORTH AND EAST INTO MANITOBA. THIS WILL KEEP LIGHT SNOW GOING FOR 
MUCH OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA INTO SOUTHERN CANADA 
THROUGH MONDAY. 

IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW...SEASONALLY COLDER AIR WILL MOVE INTO REGION 
FOR THE LAST WEEK OF THE YEAR.

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EWENS/GRAFENAUER