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NZUS43 KFSD 281607
RWSFSD

REGIONAL WEATHER SYNOPSIS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1107 AM CDT WED APR 28 2004

A STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST FLOW OF UNSEASONABLY WARM AIR WILL 
DOMINATE THE NORTH CENTRAL REGION TODAY...AHEAD OF A STRONG COLD 
FRONT THAT WILL MOVE OVER NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST SOUTH DAKOTA.
HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT WILL PROVIDE VERY WARM TEMPERATURES...MOSTLY 
SUNNY SKIES AND DRY WEATHER TO MOST AREAS AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT.
HOWEVER...THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING A WIND SHIFT TO STRONG NORTHERLY 
ALONG WITH CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS AND A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A
FEW THUNDERSTORMS. THIS COLD FRONT WILL GRADUALLY PROGRESS
SOUTHEAST INTO IOWA AND THE SOUTHEAST PARTS OF MINNESOTA AND 
NEBRASKA BY THURSDAY MORNING. COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL THEN MOVE
OVER THE DAKOTAS THROUGH THURSDAY...BRINGING PARTIAL CLEARING
NORTHWEST IN THE REGION.

HIGH TEMPERATURES TODAY WILL RANGE FROM THE LOWER 50S IN NORTHWEST
NORTH DAKOTA...TO THE LOWER 90S AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT IN SOUTHEAST 
SOUTH DAKOTA...EASTERN NEBRASKA...WESTERN IOWA...AND SOUTHWEST 
MINNESOTA. LOWS TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM THE UPPER 20S IN NORTH 
DAKOTA...TO AROUND 60 IN SOUTHEAST IOWA. HIGHS THURSDAY WILL BE
MUCH COOLER ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION...RANGING FROM THE MID 40S 
NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER...TO THE 70S IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN IOWA. 

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