000 AWUS83 KBIS 011112 RWSBIS REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 510 AM CST MON MAR 1 2004 LOW PRESSURE IN THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BRING SOME WRAP AROUND SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE REGION TODAY. WATCHES AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT. THE WEATHER FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY... NORTH DAKOTA...SNOW SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST...POSSIBLY MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN THIS MORNING. A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE WEST. HIGHS FROM THE MID 20S NORTHWEST TO THE MID 30S SOUTHEAST. SOUTH DAKOTA...WINDY. SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW WEST THIS MORNING... DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WITH BLOWING SNOW CENTRAL INTO THE NORTHEAST. RAIN AND SNOW FAR EAST CHANGING TO SNOW IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S NORTHWEST TO THE LOWER 40S SOUTHWEST. MINNESOTA...OCCASIONAL SNOW NORTHWEST. RAIN...FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW LIKELY NORTHEAST. A CHANCE OF RAIN SOUTHWEST CHANGING TO SNOW. A CHANCE OF RAIN AND POSSIBLE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTHEAST. HIGHS FROM THE LOWER 30S NORTH TO THE LOWER 50S SOUTHEAST. EASTERN MONTANA...MOSTLY CLOUDY. PATCHY FOG. HIGHS FROM THE UPPER 30S WEST TO THE MID 20S EAST. SOUTHERN MANITOBA...PERIODS OF WET SNOW. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. HIGH AROUND 32. AND FOR SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...CLOUDY. A GOOD CHANCE OF FLURRIES OR FREEZING DRIZZLE. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 20S. $$ LLP