000 AWUS83 KBIS 232241 RWSBIS NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-241030- REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 435 PM CST WED MAR 23 2005 A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH EXTENDING FROM ONTARIO THROUGH NORTH DAKOTA AND CENTRAL WYOMING...WILL DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHEAST...AS STRONG LOW PRESSURE IN NORTHERN UTAH MOVES NORTHEAST. NUMEROUS WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN AFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE REGION TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE WEATHER FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT... NORTH DAKOTA...CLOUDY. SNOW SPREADING NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 3 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE FAR SOUTHWEST BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LOWS TONIGHT IN THE 20S. SOUTH DAKOTA...MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN OR SNOW LIKELY WEST. A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW CENTRAL AFTER MIDNIGHT. RAIN LIKELY SOUTHEAST TOWARD MORNING. LOWS 25 TO 35. MINNESOTA...INCREASING CLOUDS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN OR SNOW FAR SOUTHWEST LATE. LOWS 20 TO 30. EASTERN MONTANA...CLOUDY AND WINDY. HEAVY SNOW SOUTH WITH ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 7 INCHES. A GOOD CHANCE OF SNOW NORTH. LOWS 20 TO 25. SOUTHERN MANITOBA...CLOUDY. PERIODS OF SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH. LOWS IN THE TEENS. AND FOR SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...PERIODS OF SNOW THIS EVENING...THEN CLEARING OVERNIGHT. LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE. $$ VJR