000 AWUS83 KBIS 201218 RWSBIS NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-201830- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 610 AM CST THU JAN 20 2005 DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SKIES WERE PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY ACROSS WEST AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. FOG WAS A PROBLEM IN SOME AREAS WITH VISIBILITIES ONE QUARTER MILE IN MINOT AND AROUND ONE HALF MILE IN JAMESTOWN. SCATTERED PRECIPITATION...MOST LIKELY LIGHT SNOW FELL IN THE NORTH CENTRAL DURING THE NIGHT. SOME PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS UP TO 6 AM CENTRAL TIME WERE 0.09 INCHES AT LANSFORD IN SOUTHWEST BOTTINEAU COUNTY WITH 0.8 INCH OF SNOWFALL...ALSO A TRACE OF PRECIPITATION FELL AT BOTH BISMARCK AND JAMESTOWN. LOW TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM 9 DEGREES IN THE MINOT AREA TO 36 DEGREES AT BOTH DICKINSON AND HETTINGER. TODAY LOOK FOR A CHANCE OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW SOUTHWEST. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST WITH ACCUMULATIONS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES LIKELY. EXPECT HIGHS FROM AROUND 10 NORTHEAST TO NEAR 55 SOUTHWEST. $$ VJR