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AWUS83 KBIS 121209
RWSBIS
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-121730-

WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 
610 AM CST WED JAN 12 2005

DURING THE NIGHT...CLOUDY SKIES KEPT TEMPERATURES UP CENTRAL TO EAST 
AS CLEAR SKIES ALLOWED FOR SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES WEST. SOME SNOW 
FELL EARLY MAINLY EAST...WHILE LIGHT FREEZING MIST WAS REPORTED AT 
VARIOUS LOCATIONS CENTRAL. LOWS SO FAR RANGE FROM 19 AT BISMARCK TO 
15 BELOW AT WILLISTON.

TODAY...BIG CHANGES ARE IN STORE FOR THE REGION AS STRONG LOW 
PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA AND MERGE WITH 
ANOTHER SYSTEM IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR STRONG 
WINDS...SOME SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. 
THERE IS A BLIZZARD WARNING NORTHWEST AND A WINTER STORM WARNING 
CENTRAL...EAST AND SOUTHWEST FOR BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND 
CHILLS. EXPECT MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH LIGHT SNOW POSSIBLE. IT WILL 
BECOME VERY WINDY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST. 
HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM 10 NORTHWEST TO AROUND 20 SOUTH. 

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JC