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AWUS83 KBIS 011711
RWSBIS

REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST                                     
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
1100 AM CST MON MAR 1 2004

THE CENTER OF A LARGE WINTER STORM WILL MOVE FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA 
TO CENTRAL IOWA THIS AFTERNOON.

THE WEATHER FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY...

NORTH DAKOTA...WINDY WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SOUTH CENTRAL AND 
EAST. FLURRIES ELSEWHERE. TEMPERATURES REMAINING IN THE MID 20S TO 
LOWER 30S.

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.

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RSL