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AWUS83 KBIS 120949
RWSBIS
NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-122230-

REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
445 AM CDT THU MAY 12 2005

A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW AND RAIN TO 
THE REGION. VARIOUS WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT.

THE WEATHER FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY...

NORTH DAKOTA...SNOW SOUTHWEST. RAIN MIXING WITH OR CHANGING TO SNOW 
SOUTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST. RAIN OR SNOW LIKELY ELSEWHERE. TOTAL 
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES POSSIBLE SOUTHWEST AND 1 TO 3 INCHES 
NORTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS NORTH CENTRAL AND 
NORTHEAST. HIGHS FROM THE 30S SOUTHWEST TO THE MID 40S EAST.

SOUTH DAKOTA...SNOW CONTINUING WEST THIS MORNING...HEAVY AT TIMES 
NORTHWEST...THEN DIMINISHING AND MIXING WITH RAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. 
RAIN EAST TAPERING OFF TO SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS. HIGHS FROM THE 
UPPER 30S WEST TO NEAR 55 SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST.

MINNESOTA...MOSTLY CLOUDY. RAIN CENTRAL AND SOUTH. ISOLATED 
THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE SOUTHEAST. A CHANCE OF RAIN POSSIBLY MIXED 
WITH SNOW NORTH. HIGHS IN THE 40S. 

EASTERN MONTANA...CLOUDY WITH SNOW. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 
12 INCHES SOUTH AND 3 INCHES NORTH. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 30S.

SOUTHERN MANITOBA...BECOMING CLOUDY. RAIN LIKELY BY LATE AFTERNOON. 
HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S.

AND FOR SOUTHEASTERN SASKATCHEWAN...PARTLY CLOUDY. HIGHS IN THE 
LOWER 50S.

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VJR