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AWUS83 KBIS 181047
RWSBIS
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-182230-

REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
445 AM CST TUE JAN 18 2005
                                                                    
A WARM FRONT EXTENDING FROM SASKATCHEWAN THROUGH THE WESTERN DAKOTAS 
WILL PUSH EAST INTO MINNESOTA BY THIS EVENING...BRINGING WARMER 
TEMPERATURES ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN.

THE WEATHER FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY...

NORTH DAKOTA...A CHANCE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW WEST AND 
CENTRAL THIS MORNING...THEN PARTLY SUNNY. A CHANCE OF LIGHT SNOW 
EAST. HIGHS FROM THE MID 20S EAST TO NEAR 50 SOUTHWEST.

SOUTH DAKOTA...MOSTLY CLOUDY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT 
SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN NORTHEAST. HIGHS FROM AROUND 30 
NORTHEAST TO THE LOWER 50S SOUTHWEST.

MINNESOTA...MOSTLY CLOUDY AND WARMER WITH A CHANCE OF SNOW. HIGHS 
FROM THE TEENS FAR NORTHEAST TO THE LOWER 30S SOUTHWEST. 

EASTERN MONTANA...PARTLY CLOUDY WINDY AND WARMER. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF 
MORNING RAIN. HIGHS FROM THE UPPER 30S NORTH TO THE UPPER 40S SOUTH. 

SOUTHERN MANITOBA..CLOUDY AND WINDY WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW 
ENDING AROUND NOON. ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 2 INCHES POSSIBLE. HIGHS IN 
THE UPPER 20S.

AND FOR SOUTHEASTERN SASKATCHEWAN...A FEW SHOWERS ENDING THIS 
MORNING...THEN CLEARING. WINDY THIS MORNING...THEN DIMINISHING THIS 
AFTERNOON. EARLY HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 30S WITH TEMPERATURES FALLING 
INTO THE TEENS THIS AFTERNOON.

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VJR