000 AWUS83 KBIS 170008 RWSBIS NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-170430- REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 705 PM CDT FRI SEP 16 2005 IT WAS MOSTLY SUNNY SOUTH AND PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY NORTH ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA TODAY. LOW PRESSURE IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE STATE BROUGHT ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES TO SOUTHERN AREAS...WHILE THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE STATE WAS NORTH OF A WARM FRONT WHERE TEMPERATURES REMAINED COOL. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALSO BROUGHT A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO CENTRAL AREAS OVER MERCER AND DUNN COUNTIES. HIGHS TODAY VARIED FROM 88 AT BISMARCK TO 73 AT MINOT. TONIGHT...LOOK FOR PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CENTRAL AND EAST...POSSIBLY SEVERE THIS EVENING. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 40S NORTHWEST TO MID 50S SOUTHEAST. $$ JC