000 AWUS83 KBIS 190011 RWSBIS NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-190530- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 610 PM CST TUE JAN 18 2005 WARM TEMPERATURES DOMINATED THE WEATHER TODAY ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. A STRONG RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES PUSHED FAR ENOUGH EAST TO ALLOW WARM AIR TO MOVE INTO THE STATE. NO RECORDS WERE BROKEN...AS TEMPERATURES WERE SOME 50 DEGREES PLUS WARMER THAN THE WEEKEND. HIGHS RANGED FROM 46 AT HALLIDAY AND HETTINGER TO 40 AT WILLISTON AND JAMESTOWN. TONIGHT...LOOK FOR THE WIND TO SUBSIDE AND FOR SKIES TO BECOME MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND 10 NORTHEAST TO AROUND 30 IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST. $$ JC