000 AWUS83 KBIS 291109 RWSBIS NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-292300- REGIONAL WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 509 AM CST THU DEC 29 2005 DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE IN MONTANA WILL BRING A MIX OF WINTER WEATHER TO THE NORTHERN PLAINS...VARIOUS WINTER WEATHER WARNINGS...WATCHES AND ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT. THE WEATHER FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS TODAY... NORTH DAKOTA...SNOW SPREADING FROM WEST INTO CENTRAL DURING THE DAY... POSSIBLY BEGINNING AS LIGHT FREEZING RAIN. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES SOUTHWEST AND FAR SOUTH CENTRAL. HIGHS 30 TO 35. SOUTH DAKOTA...WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST EARLY THIS MORNING WITH PATCHES OF FREEZING DRIZZLE. RAIN DEVELOPING WEST AND SPREADING EAST. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS MORNING NORTHWEST AND MIX OR CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON REMAINDER OF WEST THROUGH NORTH CENTRAL. WINDY IN THE AFTERNOON WEST. HIGHS FROM THE MID 30S NORTH TO AROUND 50 SOUTHWEST INTO SOUTH CENTRAL. MINNESOTA...AREAS OF DENSE FOG IN THE MORNING WESTERN THIRD. SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. SCATTERED FLURRIES AND SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING WESTERN THIRD A CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WEST CENTRAL...SCATTERED LIGHT SNOW NORTH...AND A CHANCE OF LIGHT RAIN SOUTHWEST DURING THE AFTERNOON. HIGHS IN THE MID 20S NORTHEAST TO MID 30S SOUTH. EASTERN MONTANA...CLOUDY WITH SNOW...MIXED WITH RAIN SOUTH THIS MORNING. BECOMING WINDY SOUTH. HIGHS IN THE LOW 30S NORTH TO UPPER 30S SOUTH. SOUTHERN MANITOBA...CLOUDY WITH FLURRIES AND A CHANCE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE. HIGHS IN THE LOW 30S. AND FOR SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN...CLOUDY WITH FLURRIES. CHANCE OF FREEZING DRIZZLE CENTRAL AND EAST. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS WEST. HIGHS 30 TO 35. $$