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AWUS43 KFGF 082058
AWSFAR

AREA WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
258 PM CST THU JAN 8 2004

A SURFACE LOW AND ASSOCIATED UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL CONTINUE 
TO DEPART THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES.  LINGERING CLOUDS AND SCATTERED 
FLURRIES WILL PERSIST ALONG AND WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY THROUGH 
THE EVENING.  CLOUDS WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE FOR THE REMAINDER OF 
THE REGION DURING THE OVERNIGHT AS A SECONDARY UPPER LEVEL 
DISTURBANCE DRIFTS INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.  LOW TEMPERATURES 
TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM FIVE DEGREES ABOVE ZERO TO FIVE DEGREES 
BELOW ZERO AT MOST LOCATIONS.

SLIGHTLY WARMER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY WITH TEMPERATURES 
NEAR SEASONAL AVERAGES UNDER MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES.  SCATTERED SNOW 
FLURRIES OR BRIEF LIGHT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL.  NO SIGNIFICANT 
ACCUMULATIONS ARE ANTICIPATED.

TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB 5 TO 15 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL FOR THE 
UPCOMING WEEKEND.  A POLAR AIRMASS IS POISED TO RETURN TO THE 
NORTHERN PLAINS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK...PROVIDING SUBZERO 
CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN.

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