000 AWUS83 KFSD 050847 RWSFSD SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-IAZ001>003- 012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-051600- WEATHER SUMMARY FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL UNITED STATES NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 347 AM CDT FRI AUG 5 2005 AN EXPANSE OF HIGH PRESSURE FROM MINNESOTA TO NEBRASKA EARLY TODAY WILL WANDER EASTWARD...SETTING UP THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES AND OHIO VALLEY DURING THE WEEKEND. DRY WEATHER WILL BE THE RULE FOR MOST AREAS THROUGH THE WEEKEND...BUT A WEAK FRONTAL ZONE SNEAKING INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE REGION BY SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY COULD FOCUS A STRAY THUNDERSTORM OR TWO. WHAT WILL GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS WILL BE TEMPERATURES...WHICH WILL ONCE AGAIN HEAD TOWARD MORE WIDESPREAD SUMMER HEAT. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE MAINLY IN THE SEASONABLE 80S... WITH SOME LOWER 90S IN AND NEAR THE WESTERN AND CENTRAL PORTIONS OF SOUTH DAKOTA. AFTER OVERNIGHT LOWS IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S...HIGHS ON SATURDAY WILL VARY FROM 80S IN PARTS OF MINNESOTA AND IOWA...TO READINGS NEAR 100 DEGREES IN CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA. 90S WILL CONTINUE TO GAIN REAL ESTATE ON SUNDAY...AS REMAINING 80S RETREAT EVEN MORE INTO MINNESOTA AND IOWA. $$ CHAPMAN