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AWUS83 KBIS 210259
RWSBIS
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-211100-

REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
900 PM CST THU JAN 20 2005
                                                                    
A TROUGH THROUGH NORTHEASTERN MONTANA...SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA 
AND CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY.

THE WEATHER FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT...

NORTH DAKOTA...SNOW LIKELY EAST BY MORNING...A CHANCE OF RAIN... 
FREEZING RAIN OR SNOW CENTRAL AND WEST. LOWS 5 ABOVE NORTHEAST TO 
NEAR 30 SOUTHWEST.

SOUTH DAKOTA...MOSTLY CLOUDY. FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE 
DEVELOPING CENTRAL AND EAST LATER TONIGHT. CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN 
OR SNOW NORTHWEST. LOWS FROM NEAR 20 NORTHEAST TO THE LOWER 30S 
SOUTHWEST.

MINNESOTA...HEAVY LAKE EFFECT SNOW ALONG MUCH OF THE NORTH SHORE.  
SNOW LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT WEST. LOWS FROM 5 BELOW ZERO FAR NORTH TO 
THE LOWER 20S SOUTHWEST. 

EASTERN MONTANA...CLOUDY. A CHANCE OF RAIN... FREEZING RAIN AND 
SNOW. LOWS FROM THE LOWER 20S NORTHEAST TO AROUND 40 SOUTHWEST.

SOUTHERN MANITOBA...CLOUDY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY. FLURRIES POSSIBLE. LOWS 
AROUND ZERO.

AND FOR SOUTHEASTERN SASKATCHEWAN...CLOUDY. PERIODS OF SNOW AND OR 
FREEZING RAIN. SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 2 INCHES. LOWS FROM THE 
SINGLE DIGITS NORTH TO NEAR 20 FAR SOUTH.

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