000 AWUS83 KBIS 092223 RWSBIS NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-101100- REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 422 PM CST WED MAR 9 2005 A WARM FRONT LOCATED IN THE FAR WESTERN DAKOTAS WILL MOVE EAST TONIGHT...HIGH WIND WARNINGS AND WINTER STORM WARNING OR WATCHES HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE REGION. THE WEATHER FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT... NORTH DAKOTA...BECOMING VERY WINDY. A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW WEST AND CENTRAL. AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW OR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING EAST...THEN SNOW LIKELY LATER TONIGHT WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. LOWS FROM THE MID 20S NORTH TO THE LOWER 30S SOUTH. SOUTH DAKOTA...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN OR LIGHT SNOW. WINDY WEST LATE. LOWS 30 TO 35. MINNESOTA...LIGHT SNOW SPREADING FROM WEST TO EAST. LOWS IN THE TEENS NORTHEAST TO LOWER 30S SOUTHWEST. EASTERN MONTANA...MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS. WINDY. LOW 30 TO 35. SOUTHERN MANITOBA...WINTER STORM WARNING. PERIODS OF SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN...CHANCE OF FREEZING RAIN. WINDY. TEMPERATURE RISING TO THE MID 30S BY MORNING. AND FOR SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OR FLURRIES...WINDY. LOW 25 TO 30. $$